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Pandora: I think I'm going through withdrawal. And denial. Check nearly daily still. =(

Bates: D: No one's continueing it! XD

Bates: As long as SOMEONE continues it!

Shen: LOL! To be honest, I promised Red All Over to my sister upon my demise, so the notes go to her.

Bates: Upon reading that offer, Shen and what few readers she had left RAN FOR THEIR LIVES

Bates: :P Send me your notes and I'll take over drawing RAO to EVERYONE'S dismay! XD Everyone's digging far back to when I took over a chapter to remind themselves how hard my "art" made them cry

Bates: XD Damnit!

Shen: I worried when i drew that that it wasn't outrageous enough. Now I've spoiled that it DOESN'T happen.

Bates: Only thing I actually see happening is Merchant shanking Ivy. That I've legitimately been expecting since her introduction

Shen: <-----------

Shen: Some of that stuff in the comic I haven't ruled out as actually happening.

NORA CRANE!!!: :(

Hilarion: What's going on? Come back.

NORA CRANE!!!: **whimper**

Pandora: ...Is all well?

Bates: D: Sheeeen, where'd ya go!

Bates: XD Do you need me to take over again?

Shen: although while researching this I DID discover the awesome that is Ludo.

Shen: I don't care for some of those bands either, especially a lot of Lydia's songs, but this was tough to research.

Bates: I like the concept though, and the bonus features are sweet

Bates: XD I hate pretty much all those bands (especially Evascence), except Radiohead and that last one. Whoever suggested that Blink song sure has great taste :P

Shen: <------ <-----------------

Shen: the Ian&Lydia original soundtrack

Bates: OST?

Shen: I guess I could post the OST I made. Would anyone be interested in that?

Bates: D: That is sad news. But is cool, take your time, life is very busy.

Shen: the next chapter is about six un-inked pages long and I haven't worked on it in two months. So it will probably be a while.

Bates: Oh I know. I was just being a jerk :P

Shen: thats not me.

Bates: hairy*

Bates: SHEN HAS HARRY ARMS! XD

Bates: Awww, that was a cute page, in a delightfully insane sort of way.

Aleph: "You, too, tree-boy."

Bates: And Aurora already ran away and found her boy toy still tied to a tree (not very nice, "heroes"!)

NORA CRANE!!!: Poor kid...

Shen: WILL DO MAH BEST.

Bates: He's trying to act fast and do the best he can. Poor kid has it worse than any of his sisters. That's just way too much for one young boy to handle. HAPPY ENDING FOR HIM, PLEASE, KTHANXBAI XD

Shen: No one said his decision was the RIGHT one. Hes 14 and just became king YESTERDAY.

Medinoc: So, instead of telling the teenage girl she can't be with the boy she loves, they'll tell her that the can't be with the boy she loves AND will be dragged into an arranged marriage? Do they really want her out of the castle that badly? 'cause at this point, giving her the boot would be simpler...

Ceph: Poor Aries, me thinks this situation doesnot bode well for him.

Bates: D: *hugs Shen* INTERNET HUGGGG

Shen: sorry I've had a really bad week

Bates: D: I'm kidding, come back! LOOOOOOVE! <33333

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Shen: oh s*** I forgot to update

Bates: CLIFFHANGER FRIDAY! XD

Bates: DUN DUN DUN! And the plot thickens!

Bates: :P

Shen: It was New Years!

Bates: :O Shen Travis DRUNK?! And here we were, thinking she's a respectable gal, not off drinking the devil's poison like some kind of floozy! :P

Shen: NEW YEARS HAPPENED. I was drunk, what can i say.

Bates: We noticed... >_> XD Its fine, we'll live

Shen: oh snap its Friday and i have no update. SORRY.

Bates: YO DAWG, I GOT US SOME BITTIES! LETS SKIP THE CROWN STUFF AND ROCK DA HOUSE!

Shen: oh, and its all good. excellent.

Shen: okay I don't know if today's page will update because I think I screwed something up. I'll check tomorrow.

Shen: huh. something happened. Something WEIRD.

Anon: Darn! I thought I was on to something.

Shen: it doesn't mean anything I just wanted to draw it.l

Anon: So, does this mean he was acting so strange so that he could steal Lance's crest?

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Nora Crane-Morris!!!: hurr- =w= "Oh, CHARLIEEEEE!!!"

NORA CRANE-MORRIS!!!: **Growl** ;D Heck yeah! Have a Happy Holiday!

Pandora: *squeal* Oh I will! My heart skipped a beat when I saw this. =3 Thank you for the sexyness!

Shen: GOIN' ON VACATION. UPDATES TO RESUME IN A WEEK OR SO. ENJOY IAN.

NORA CRANE!!!: Awwww, poor guy. :P **giggles**

Pandora: Agreed. Last four totally awesome. Got a good giggle out of that. =D

Bates: XD The last 4 panels are adorable. "This is a good knot."

Aleph: Or: "Lead by example." "I'm not the leader!" "We aren't murderers, is what I'm saying." "Maybe we aren't. But _I_ happen to be a maimer."

Aleph: Yes, Lydia. Lead by example. Here is a sword, that's -much- better at sending a message.

Pandora: I heart Ian in panel one. Sexy crazy man.

Aleph: This just may have to happen.

Shen: Aleph should write for Crazy Ian fic. he is KING OF IT.

Aleph: Well, for my own part, probably not, myths about sex with crazy people notwithstanding. But since Ian views himself with such disgust, even if I wanted to, he would only do so to hurt/shame me. Which would make great fanfic, I'm sure. But not much fun.

Bates: ... so you wouldn't hit that? XD

Aleph: I've always figured Ian for asexual due to his own intense self-loathing, directing sexual frustration to an idealized female figure (a little Oedipal stuff going on) and, similarly, an idealized masculine figure that he needs to one-up and dominate. With the mother-figure, it's all about jamming himself back into the uterus and with the self-figure, it's about taking the perfect thing and degrading it utterly. And what could be more degrading than sex with Ian?

Bates: XD Oh horny fangirls and their love for yaoi. Though it definitely seems like the reality of things. Next chapter, Ian realizes his true feelings for Lance, is bothered by his own homosexuality and goes on a murderous rampage! Chapter 20: Murder, My Sweet!

Shen: any fangirl will tell you thats been true all along.

Bates: That his obsession with Lance is actually sexually oriented and that he's gheyyyyy for Lance?

Shen: I'll be proving a point with Ian's behavior here shortly.

Bates: XD What the F*CK is up Ian as of this chapter?

Aleph: Hooray, Lance on this page.

Shen: well I'm just glad I'm decidedly acceptable to a film major, then!

Bates: XD I guess I'm just twisted like Ian. Nahhh, you just do expression really well so its easy to read your characters and not leave us stuck going "wtf are they getting at?"... christ I sound like such a pretentious art geek. Film school changed me, man, film school chaaaanged me

Shen: this page has been done and ready since before you made the comment so it amused me that you would say it!

Bates: XD I see you played off my cue of thinking Lydia looked jealous... or I read expressions really well... or maybe I'm just as sick in the head as Ian. All the above are plausible

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Shen: well no thats not what I meant...

Bates: What, where the girl rapes the guy cuz she's so uncontrollably horny? Hopefully not TOO uncontrollable, I don't wanna feel like I just got violated by a grizzly bear. AND IS LYDIA JEALOUS?! ! "He was MY stalker first, b****!"

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Shen: you can puzzle together why shes nervous in the text of previous chapters.

Bates: HONOES PEOPLES GONNA RECOGNIZE HER AND STUFF! SHE'S A PRINCESSSS

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Shen: Note on this page: Not that I'm trying to discourage potential Ian/Ivy shippers! if you wanna make art, fic, or interpretive dances emoting Ivy's deepest feelings, I'll welcome them!

Shen: I admit, that line was the kicker for me XD and yes! I'm back, at least for now!

Bates: XD I know you laughed hysterically at the part "Her brother showers twice a week. He kicks my ass so much, that filthy white inbred!" LAAAAAAANCE!

Musha: at least for at while, anyway... I'll take what I can get, it's a good story ^^

Musha: *you're here

Musha: Yay, comic's back ^^ I almost gave up hope, but you're, and you brought delicious pages with you yay yay yay *glee*

Shen: *looks that song up* ....thats actually not bad XD

Shen: This page did not meet my expectations..

Bates: Oh Ian, you loveable, deranged psychopath! Blink-182 "Voyeur" DEFINITELY sums up Ian and Lydia XD

Shen: slightly better.

Bates: Say Anything "Every Man Has A Molly"

Shen: It doesn't really say "Ian" to me. It actually sort of says "frat boy". But thanks for being the only one to suggest anything! ^^;

Bates: XDDD You don't think so?

Shen: *looks that up*......really?

Bates: Dead Boys "I Need Lunch"

Shen: <-----------

Shen: this page came out better that I thought it would, considering how frequently I erased and re-drew it.

NORA CRANE!!!: Oh, writer's block... Yikes... Scariest thing on the planet. **Shudder**

Shen: lol no need but i always accept more filler art. After all I only have eight weeks to finish another chapter.

Bates: XD Unless you want me to do another chapter...

Shen: oooh I guess I should tone tomorrow's page, huh?

NORA CRANE!!!: I'm so making Charlie dress up as Ian later... **Devil**

Aleph: Oh, Ian. You and your crazy emo face.

NORA CRANE!!!: I love his face in the first two panels. OMG! It made me almost spit juice out my nose!

Shen: you want YOUR six years back XD i want MINE.

Bates: ... XD I demand a refund, I want my 6 years back

Shen: lol no this is the plot finally STARTING. It has a WAYS to go.

Bates: So is this finally the turning point in our tale? Will this spiral a few more chapters into an explosive ending?

Aleph: He knows what to do: murder.

Shen: I have been waiting SIX YEARS to draw this page!

Bates: Oooh-woahhh! And so the title comes into play!

Shen: DO YA GET IT?!?!?!?!

Bates: And being red = bad because...?

NORA CRANE!!!: Ooooo! Plot Thickens!

Shen: sorry, not this chapter XD

Bates: XD that stripper bit really clicked, huh? Please have someone say "Ya reward is in my pants"

Shen: Come to think of it this chapter is chock full of sexual references.

NORA CRANE!!!: HA! ... He reminds me of Paul and Erin right now... **Laughs**

Bates: He may rule the land, but not the bedroom. King needs to rethink his game.

Anon: Hooray, so glad to see it updating once again! Good luck on the next chapter, don't fall behind again!

Kimi: Woot updates! I'd just like to say that your webcomic is epic! Can't wait to see more

FleeingDemonStudios: Cool, nice to see updates again! <3

Shen: lol well I have to keep my readers around somehow.

NORA CRANE!!!: ... Yaoi ... **Blinks** Don't tempt me... **Hides nosebleed**

Carrie: Yesssss. And the awesome begins once more.

Aleph: Yaoi in t-minus three pages.

NORA CRANE!!!: My arms are that skinny usually =3= when I don't feel hideously fat... Seriously though, I can't wait for more! I'm so excited!!!**Screams**

Shen: those must be the skinniest arms I've ever drawn. EVER.

NORA CRANE!!!: YAY!!! **Cheers and wakes Charlie up to show him the good news!**

Shen: pffffft

Bates: XD Though I like that the title isn't too far from what I made it

Bates: Typo, you mean Chapter 20 :P

Shen: RED ALL OVER WILL RESUME TUESDAY.

Shen: PHASE THREE: COMPLETE- BEGIN PHASE FOUR THROUGH NINE

Shen: PHASE TWO: COMPLETE BEGIN PHASE THREE

Bates: WE BELIEVE IN YOU, SHEN! WE BELIEVE!

Shen: 20/23 ALMOST THEEEEEEERE.....

Kara: Checking in to shake pom-poms of my own. I'm in need of a fix! You can doo eeeet!

NORA CRANE!!!: WHOOT! GO! **CHEERS** **Shakes pom-poms**

Bates: Did that a few times XD. "f*** this, I'll finish it tomorrow"

Shen: 18andahalf-23 (got a headache halfway through)

Bates: She's making my chapter canon and continueing from there XD

Shen: considering what ACTUALLY happens with Aurora this chapter, it should prove very amusing!

Anon: We eagerly look forward to you picking up where Bates' riveting story left off. ;D

Beccaroni: Gogogo Shen! XDDD

NORA CRANE!!!: YAY! Charlie says yay too, but he's got stomach flu so... Not allowed near my computer =~= For obvious reasons...

Bates: Huzzah!

Shen: miscount: next chapter is 23 pages, not 25. So... 16/23

benitora: Woot!!! Looking forward to the next chapter. Your story is awesome!

Shen: how romantic!

Bates: Probably will be the reason we get married. "I watched 6 hours of NCIS today, gonna watch 6 hours tomorrow and the next day" "I wanna have babies with you"

Shen: Maybe you'll luck out and marry a girl who will watch it with you.

Bates: Man, God help the girl that decides to marry me. If I walk by a TV and an NCIS marathon is on, there goes the whole day.

NORA CRANE!!!: AND YAY! YOU'RE ALMOST DONE!!! **CHEERS** I've gotten Paul hooked on this too, he's a slow reader though.(He's not accustomed to comic format.)

NORA CRANE!!!: =3= Guess you're right... Charlie isn't a bad guy, he just gets distracted... He was supposed to be cleaning the apartment while I was working with Erin... (The apartment is still a mess...)

Bates: YOU CAN DOIT!

Shen: 13/25

Bates: Almost there?

Bates: XD And that's why he's an EX-boyfriend

Shen: musn't punish the man for liking Red All Over! He's reading it, which is more than MY ex boyfriend did.

NORA CRANE!!!: No, but Paul does.

Charlie Morris: ... You don't have a couch ...

NORA CRANE!!!: =~= **Sighs** Charlie... You're sleeping on the couch tonight...

Charlie Morris: Fiance got me hooked, can't wait for more!

Shen: LOL yeah, sure... why not?

Bates: So the new chapter continues from where I left off, right?

Shen: you guys are my heroes! 10/25

Jake: Good luck with the next chapter, i love RAO and will never leave no matter how long it takes!

NORA CRANE!!!: I'm still here :P And I'm not going anywhere This is really interesting and I'll stick through till the end! PROMISE! :P (And if you consider putting this in print I'll buy a copy ) Hope everything is going smoothly. **Hugs**

Shen: 7/25 done

Bates: Figured as much. How's inking?

Shen: that was intentional lol

Bates: Upon closer inspection I can see my strips XDD

Bates: XD true

Shen: Bates, you are step 9 XD

Aleph: Shen, please feel free to take your time. We await with eagerness, but understand that you aren't making a dime on this.

Bates: XD Both, cuz its so offensive yet so brilliant at the same time.

Nameless: Please hurry. I don't know if Bate's comic make me laugh or cry.

Bates: shouldn't there be a step between 10 and 11 that reads "Let the random guy from the shoutbox draw the chapter"?

Shen: THANK YOU! I'm working hard- I always get really excited about it again at this point- so you shouldn't have to wait long!

Kara: I FOUND IT AGAIN. I'm so sorry Shen. I got caught up in having a girlfriend and dealing with school D: I PROMISE TO MAKE IT UP TO YOU. <333

Pandora: Just letting you know that like myself I'm sure there are still plenty of faithful readers who are just being quiet and patiently waiting. I check here at least once a week and still love the comic! I'm sure those other faithfuls also know what a busy life can do. =)

Shen: thats okay, starting inking the chapter.

Bates: About to get even busier. 44 hours of grueling work this week! WOO!

Bates: In all seriousness, very busy two weeks

Bates: or maybe this is a good of a place as any to leave cliffhanger for you :P

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Bates: ink ink ink! My halfassed drawings are inked! You can ink your higher quality stuff! Plus it gives me more time to hammer out a few more pages of story that you should make canonical XD

Shen: I"M DRAWING PEOPLE I SWEAR. Actually the chapter is one page from being done but i dunno if I'll ink it.

Bates: well people were still leaving comments RIGHT up till this started. And then they were all "wtf sage" and left.

Shen: If anyone killed my readership its me by not updating all year.

Bates: There MIGHT be a comic today... maybe... I think I killed off all your readers anyway, Shen.

Bates: Hahaha, I just realized I drew Sleazy McScumbag like an obese Gordon Freeman

Bates: Sent. Check size, might be too small.

Bates: Tuesday will be a little late cuz I'm just finishing now (monday night) and won't be able to get to the scanner till tomorrow

Bates: Figured, still feel bad I completely lost track of what day of the week it was. Will have updates ready for you next week. Next Week: A clothed Aurora is confronted by Ian! Lance and friends continue their quest for smokes!

Shen: its cool I had an update planned, I would have interrupted your story anyhow.

Bates: I'm sorry, is today Friday? I knew I forgot something. Sorry Shen

Bates: Aurora is now a down on her luck stripper, go with it. Also I promise not to draw her half naked anymore, I just wanted to set up the premise

Bates: Comic is drawn and inked, but I can't get to the scanner right now, so Tuesday will be a late update

Bates: She secretly loves what I'm doing XD

Shen: I'm just letting bates draw for a while now. I'm tired. I lost all my tones and I'm tired.

Bates: XD You'll find out Tuesday

Musha: Sometimes I still check on Evilish, just to see if it might have an unlikely update or something. It's now over a year since the message that she would update again soon. Do you know what keeping her? If the comic's completely dead, it'd be a shame, I like that comic...

NORA CRANE!!!: What's going on? I are confuzzled... Wow... Nice use of the word 'Titties' LOL.

Bates: Hahaha, it actually didn't come out that bad. Yeah, I'm pushing for sort of a film noir approach to Ian/Aurora's part of this chapter. One more page of this, then I wanna do a few more pages Lance and friends before coming back and finishing the chapter

Bates: Working on pages 3 and 4 as we speak. When I get home, 5 and 6. And then just non-stop drawing tomorrow. I think I'm gonna aim for 15-20 pages for this chapter. I can do more if you want. But I think 20 will keep you good for a while on updates.

Bates: I think this a good change of direction/pace for the characters and story. You should totally stick with this XD

Bates: SENT! I think the sizing shouldn't be too bad, but you might want to test run it first. I'm feeling very inspired by you believing in me. Also, I'm temporarily moving next Friday with my mom, so I kinda need to do the whole damn chapter before then otherwise I have no way of getting to a scanner until I move over to my dad's and can unpack my computer/printer. I'll still have my laptop to keep in touch and to see how awesome it looks to have my rendition of Chapter 19 up, lol

Shen: *BELIEVING!*

Bates: Inking is done, I'll finish editing tonight on the computer, send it, draw something tomorrow, and have two comics for next week. I WON'T LET YOU DOWN! I CAN DO THIS! YA JUST GOTTA BELIEVE!

Bates: Did I mention I've been having a rough two weeks? The comic is 90% done.

Bates: XD And by outfit change, I mean serious retconning that you should keep for Chapter 20

Bates: drawings basically done, inking, then touching up and resizing

Bates: Mostly Lance and Lydia are my main concerns, Krys might stay the same, but I'm tempted to draw him like a surfer dude with that hat.

Bates: Almost done, you WILL have it sometime between now (1:15p) and 6pm. It's another BS page, but it does have more than Lance in it. Its going to adress some outfit changes cuz I absolutely refuse to shade in black EVERYTHING.

Bates: Sounds good. Then you'll get a Friday update, and I'll try to make sure next week goes smoother

Shen: I don't think I could screw up my schedule like that. You just give me what you got and it'll go up when the time is right.

Bates: The bulls*** just never ends. I had no internet all day yesterday and just got it back now. You WILL have a Friday update. And how does a Saturday update sound?

Bates: ^_^;; can we do like Thursday and Friday updates this week? I'm having a very rough week.

Bates: Oh good, its less eyestraining and all my MS Paint touch-ups aren't noticable! And when I said early AM, I mean sometime today

Shen: FIXED OH FER CHRISSAKE

Bates: WOO! And sorry sorry, very long, painful weekend. I WILL have updates for this week, both Tuesday and Friday, I promise! Watch your email, you're gonna get Tuesday's either late Monday night, or very early Tuesday morning (like 1am or 2am)

Shen: NEW COMPUTER IS HERE. page should be fixed SHORTLY.

Shen: lol yeah, TWENTY...

Bates: XD Oh good, you're almost done with Chapter 20 :P

Shen: do that, gives me something to update til this chapter is done. WHICH WON'T BE LONG.

Bates: Well, I'll just keep drawing and sending until your new computer arrives

Shen: maybe i will too. Maybe. ....no, theres no way my computer will be here by then. SIGH.

Bates: I guess that works out cuz I didn't have anything prepared for today. My internet cable got slashed by construction dweebs ripping up my lawn. And of course Optimum didn't come till today (Tuesday). I'll definitely have something by Thursday.

Shen: my new computer is on the way but its not here yet! So sorry!

lacy: damn.. this is just wow.. very big! Need someone to help you resize?

Bates: And you really need a new computer. Cuz it seems like the one you have now explodes every other day.

Bates: D:< Now my MS Paint clean up marks are more obvious! XD Nah, its cool

Shen: I'M SORRY I CAN'T FIX IT! MY COMPUTER IS BROKEN I'M SORRY!

Bates: It might need some hardcore resizing

Bates: Still not sure where I'm going with the chapter yet. I think they're gonna have a shoot out in a tea house and fight gangsters.

Bates: Assuming I didn't totally kill off your readership... HAI GAIS, YOU ARE IN FOR A REAL TREAT TOMORROW! AS TOMORROW IS THE FIRST ACTUAL PAGE OF THE CHAPTER! RIGHT SHEN?! XD

Bates: XD I drew it and didn't realize it until after, so I rolled with it and knew you were gonna mention that, cuz I'm psychic. Hence the joke. Unfortunately ran out of room before I could fit me saying "I PROMISE NOTHING" or something like that

Bates: XD I drew it and didn't realize it until after, so I rolled with it and knew you were gonna mention that, cuz I'm psychic. Hence the joke. Unfortunately ran out of room before I could fit me saying "I PROMISE NOTHING" or something like that

shen: LOL why do I look like Velma from Scooby Doo?

Bates: Sent, and remembered to attach this time

Bates: XD Its your own damn fault for deciding THATS what they'll wear the entire series. They're wearing totally different outfits after this page. Thursday, Friday, it'll be done tomorrow. All I have left is cleaning up blotches and such using the almighty MS Paint. Otherwise its inked and scanned.

shen: see what I go through with all the damn black they wear? I have to CONVINCE myself to ink every chapter! ...and updates are on FRIDAYS, not Thursdays. you have another day.

Bates: In fact, almost everyone is getting an outfit retcon

Bates: I think lance's coat is gonna disappear after this cuz I can't deal with blacking in his coat for a whole chapter. You have the patience of a goddess, Shen.

Bates: Still detailing, but hey at least its drawn. You WILL have a Thursday update on time, I promise. XD I'm just amazed there isn't a row of "wtf"s from everyone else. Shen I killed your fanbase in one fell swoop

Bates: Thursday's update is drawn. I'll detail it up and send it to you later. It's quite delightful

Bates: Hahaha! And so it begins! RAO: Bates Edition! Drawing up the next few pages as we speak, you'll have those by tomorrow. Or definitely Thursday's update by tomorrow

Bates: XD Well thats certainly one way to motivate me to get things done.

shen: and thank you, Caitlin!

shen: GOOD CUZ YOUR COVER PAGE IS UPDATING ON TUESDAY.

Caitlin: Today I was looking over some of my very old bookmarks, and was delighted to see that you're updating again. I really enjoyed catching up on the story, and just wanted to say thanks.

Bates: Okay, I have nothing to do the whole week starting tomorrow. I will definitely draw up the rest of Chapter 19 and it will definitely be as awesome as the cover page.

shen: ME TOO BUT I HAVE SUMMER SCHOOL

Bates: I'M WORKIN' I'M WORKIN, I SWEAR!

Beccaroni: ....(; A ; )....

shen: XD well if the chapter title is any indication...

Bates: Just a little, right Shen?

Beccaroni: Should we be scared? o.O

Bates: XD You guys are in for a real treat and you don't even know it yet.

shen: NOW I have it.

Bates: and now sent

Bates: Or maybe I didn't send it, cuz I was having internet troubles and forgot I didn't send it and assumed I did

Bates: ... unless you changed it :/

Bates: to your email

shen: sent where?

Bates: And sent

Bates: Oh lord, I am so hilariously bad at drawing, it puts a smile on my face. Almost done with the chapter cover

Bates: Oh, and work, blehhhhh

Bates: I've been busy with work and taking care of paperwork related to the school I'm going to in October (Read: Financial BS)

Beccaroni: oh, summer classes >< ...wish I was there just for your weather right now. Tis freezing in Brisbane D:

shen: sorry! I'm taking summer classes which is taking my time but I am working on it! and welcome back, Nora! Boy or girl?

Beccaroni: I iz missing your comix. *le sigh*

Bates: And by thursday I mean whenever I get around to it. XD Okay, Shen, seriously, this weekend, I'm gonna flood your email with drawings. Been a very busy week for me, but tomorrow I have nothing at all going on.

NORA CRANE!!!: Wow, I've missed a lot since giving birth... Wow, nice sketches by the way! Can't wait for the new chapters! <3

Bates: And the actual chapter will be about... I'm not really sure yet. I can either make something up entirely or you can throw out the basic idea and I'll improvise

Bates: Chapter 19's cover is either gonna be Lance and Ian fighting on top of a train, or me brutally beating the crap out of the chick from Mirror's Edge cuz of how much she pisses me off for being so useless. It's gonna be interesting either way

Bates: @_@ Mo' like Thursday, no wonder you have a hard time getting this stuff up on time. Motivating yourself to just sit the hell down and draw is harder than it looks.

shen: lol thats okay. I promise I'm working, I finished a scene today.

Bates: @_@ Gonna be a late tuesday, I completely forgot to draw anything.

Bates: I'll try to get you an update for Tuesday

shen: lol sure, you go right ahead!

Bates: D: Do not hate, embrace the chapter, love the chapter! XD Want me to rework it and draw it for you and you can take a break?

shen: oh my god I think this next chapter is going so slow because I'm starting to hate it.

shen: I do so lol

Bates: XD Maybe I'll draw up a guest strip or two for s***s and giggles. Cuz God knows how much you LOVE filler

shen: XD that would make for a pretty awesome comic, though!

Bates: XD Could you imagine? It'd be ridicuous! It would be nothing but alligator wrestling and random motor cycles crashing out of office windows onto freeways.

Bates: THEN I SHALL TAKE YOUR PLACE! RAO: BATES EDITION! NOW FEATURING MOAR ACTION! MOAR T'N'A! MOAR GIRL ON GIRL ACTION! MOAR REALLY WEIRD s*** THAT USUALLY ENDS UP AS A REQUEST I MAKE! MOARRRRRR!

shen: okay I admit I've been a bit lazy lately but this comic is FIVE YEARS OLD, eventually I'm bound to burn out.

Bates: That's it! I'm starting my own webcomic! With black jack! And hookers! Ya know what? Forget the webcomic! Ah screw the whole thing

Bates: yayyy! happy birthday!

shen: aw c'mon its my birthday

Bates: XD You have no idea how much I love teasing you

shen: I did that drawing in like two seconds. and my breasts are no business of yours!

Bates: Your breasts go down to your belly button?

lacy: btw loooove the animation. looking awesome.

lacy: awww my done in the dark half assed karaoke sketches.. weee!

Aleph: RE: the animation. Goddamn but Aurora was just about the cutest damn thing that ever cuted.

Bates: Ehhh, I guess I could wait for the inking. It might help. :P

shen: uh... well I have time to draw it now, and the chapter is already halfway done... depends on if you want me to ink it or not.

Bates: As much as I enjoy KARAOKE! sketches, when will RAO resume?

shen: lol maybe when I learn how to digitally animate, this thirty seconds took me three months!

Bates: Awww, I was hoping you'd do the Lydia changing clothes scene. :( XD nah, that was neat. So when does the full animated series come out? :P

shen: <---------

shen: as soon as Youtube is back online.

Bates: YES! LAY IT ON US!

shen: ITS DONE YOU GUYS THE ANIMATION IS DONE

shen: ah, dream logic XD

Bates: I had a weirdass dream where you ran a comic and other nerdy things shop on the boardwalk by me. Not that I even have a clue what you look like. But there you were. And I stopped by to hang out like I apparantly always do in this alternate reality. And then I went to work, stripped naked in front of customers cuz it was too hot for clothes and I just didn't care. My dreams are really weird sometimes.

shen: THANKS LACY FOR THE FILLER XD

Bates: HAHAHA! YES! KARAOKE!

shen: lol actually I think the request was "modernized" clothes and I'm sure someone else said uniforms but maybe I made that up... this is just what I gathered people wanted.

Bates: XD I was just trying to understand what this was supposed to be, if I was missing some kind of anime reference or something

shen: mostly people just said "in suits". I drew you mud wrestling, you will sit there and appreciate the gay undertones!

Bates: Someone suggested the RAO boys in school uniforms with undertones of gayness? I don't remember reading THAT in the shoutbox

shen: I see someone got "Ian" is the quiz ^^; that thing is badly in need of an update.

True, but mean.: Everything is wrong with you. Seriously. You need help. You have violent outburts. You may even see things that aren't really there. Come on, let's go see the doctor....

NAME: SHOUT!

shen: lol thats my favorite, too XD

Bates: The yuri was sexy and all, and Aurora looks like she's enjoying being dominated by another girl in almost nothing, but the motorcycle through the wall is what really made my day. When I saw that, I literally stood up and did a victorious "YES!", arms up and everything.

Aleph: I concur with you, Shen. Yaoi away!

shen: lol thank you! I wish my boyfriend would say that! XD

Bates: XD Please have my babies, you are just the most amazing girl ever.

shen: I suppose I've drawn enough of Bates' yuri requests, its about yaoi time XD

Anonymous: Yaay! Now Lance and Krystopher need to mud wrestle.

shen: lol I thought you'd like that, Aleph XD

Aleph: Uhm. Wow. GenderSwapped Krystofer is terribly hot.

lacy: I found a different ad thing, you might be able to see about having it on your page too.. but here. http://www.projectwonderful.com/advertisehere.php?id=31273&type=1 they have it for the one comic I saw it on,but I'm sure you can find others.

lacy: giggle! now I think I need to draw Ian in a monocle!

lacy: I'm still here. ^-^

Aleph: Also? Superheroes. I look forward to seeing!

shen: some suggestions drawn. I can't wait to show you, lol.

shen: I should be writing this down. Maybe I'll take an animation break tonight and do a little comic-ing.

Bates: The RAO cast as velociraptors.

Bates: Ian has the American Beauty daydream about Lydia. Pulp Fiction with RAO characters. Lydia and Aurora, half naked, doing a little girl-on-girl action. Or bikini mud wrestling. Same idea. Indiana Lance and the Temple of Doom, the boulder scene. Krys fighting Nazis on the wing of a WWII bomber. Someone crashing a motorycle through an office window and into the air, over a highway

Aleph: My brain is, after all, a bubbling cauldron of nerdy tangents.

shen: you a fountain of ideas, Aleph!

Aleph: RAO as your favourite Smash Bros. characters? Slayers vs. RAO? Contemporary-looking versions? Sci-Fi? The always-popular gender-swap; Dinosaurs having a tea party. Suggestions, ahoy!

shen: well the next chapter isn't done yet, got any more suggestions?

Musha: Great fun, Shen xD You should do more random doodling as filler

shen: LOL I thought you'd like that, Bates! most of them were just so fun, though!

Bates: The fact you drew EVERYTHING I suggested makes me more joy than you can possibly imagine.

Anonymous: At long last, a scorpion!

shen: THANKS FOR READING MY CRAP YOU GUYS ILU

Bates: XD Oh God, I love you Shen

Shenanygans: Mermaid!!!

Vimes: good comic, i hope you continue it as long as possible

Bates: YES! AURORA'S GOODS! MY THOSE ARE SOME PERKY NIPPLES!

shen: I made two drawings.

Anonymous: Where's the giant scorpion?!

shen: GOT IT.ENJOY.

shen: shoot. my ftp is crapping out on me. Dunno how to fix this...

NORA CRANE!!!: No, I'm not going to try and keep one :P Any spawn of Paul and Erin is going to be... I don't think there are words in any language I speak to describe the chaos that will rain down on the world at their birth... >

shen: huh. I'm not getting an image either. I'll fix it when I get home. (at school now)

Bates: My internet is either being stupid or there is legitimately a broken link for a new page.

Beccaroni: WHAM! XD

shen: lol thats right

Bates: ._. Yes, Mistress.

shen: you want this animation? You be patient!

Bates: So how bout that Friday update?

Bates: @Nora: So like that episode of Friends? Are you gonna try to keep one?

shen: crap, this is the last page and I don't have anything scanned for tomorrow. Wacom filler sketch tiemz.

NORA CRANE!!!: I'm surrogate to my best friends, their buns, I'm just the oven... But, Paul and Erin say thank you bunches :P

shen: oh mah lawd, Bates XD but Grats, Nora!

Bates: I'd like to take this time to point out that lots of pregnant sex makes things coming out a bit easier. XD Either way, best of luck to you.

NORA CRANE!!!: I'm 6 months pregnant with twins, I'm alowed to think wishfully :P

Bates: Nora is doing some SERIOUS wishful thinking

shen: i don't see a bulge. you mean his belt?

Bates: XD Shen, did I ever tell you how much I love teasing you? Also I love the new smartass character.

NORA CRANE!!!: Is he supposed to have such an 'impressive' bulge there??? :X

shen: THERES A TYPO THERE, where I meant to say "riddled". You see? I would spend all day doing this!

shen: I BARELY CARE. earlier chapters are RIDDLES with typos. I spelled "tomorrow" a hundred different ways.

Bates: XD But you're still just gonna leave it in, hahaha

shen: well at least its not KISS/KILL.

Bates: Ding ding ding! Shen wins!

shen: "VTIME". I C wut I did thar.

Aleph: Also, that typo: 6th line from the top in the "I don't blame you..." bubble.

shen: lol thank you!

Calico: Aleph plugged your comic on his journal so I thought I'd check it out. I gotta say I'm really enjoying it and looking forward to more =D

shen: explanation to come next update lol

Shenanygans: Is he wearing shackles? Lol, he looks tied up with himself (Pun intended)

shen: I CAN'T SPELL. how bad a typo? A typo that changes the entire meaning of the sentence? also LOL HI ALEPH!

Aleph: You cannot see it, but I does a dance just now.

Bates: I spy with my little eye... a typo!

NORA CRANE!!!: Fruity Windbag??? **Dies laughing**

Bates: XD Yeah you did!

shen: nudity maybe but no jazz. did I forget to update again? Damn!

Bates: Does it involve smooth jazz and full frontal nudity?

shen: it occurs to me now how much work this animation is going to be. Therefore its a good chance there will be another filler hiatus after this chapter for a bit.

NORA CRANE!!!: Spiders are creepy! :P LOL!

shen: Aurora's middle name also means "spider". I have a confession: I was on a spider kick when I created this story.

Bates: THE BOOT IS TALKING! AHHHHHH!

NORA CRANE!!!: Anansi... Isn't that a spider??? ((Grasping at straws to add some conspiracy to it...))

shen: my sister, she has no faith in me.

Bates: CLEARLY under a rock, Shen! CLEARLY!

shen: I've BEEN updating! Where have YOU been?

Mouse: !! You're updating for reals again! I've got to actually check in now, huh?

Bates: Jackie's sparkling cuteness is just overwhelming

shen: this is my favorite page XD

Shenanygans: How cute.....so much blushing....><

Bates: Yeah I know I would, cuz I totally wanna have a cute little girly girl... just NOT six of them. >_< XD I love how Jackie tortures Aurora

shen: he got one son out of the deal before he died, he could have made out worse. Besides, I bet he totally doted on them.

Bates: Ya know I was just thinking... 6 daughters. Poor father, he is on a lonely raft in the sea of estrogen.

Bates: Are all her sisters full of hotness?

NORA CRANE!!!: YAY! Updates :P Really nice! I love her hands! She looks nervous and yet confident... :P Nora needs sleep, but WOW, it's really good!

Bates: Seriously? Spamming a shoutbox on a very small webcomic? Come back when you find a life, or just end it already. @Shen: Holy s***, she looks so elagant...ly hotttttt XD

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Bates: *hugs Shen* It's okay, shhhhhh, it's gonna be alright. XD

shen: BECAUSE I'M A LOUSY ARTIST, THATS WHY.

NORA CRANE!!!: Wow... Lance looks Pi$$ed!

Bates: And why does Lance got so much junk in his trunk in the 3rd to last panel?

Bates: So are Lance and Ian gay for each other or what? Cuz everytime someone even MENTIONS the other one, they're all "D:< IANNNNNNNNNNNNNN!" "D:< LANCEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

Bates: D:< Damn you shoutbox, you're ruining my super face!

Bates: DDDDDDDD!

shen: FINALS OVER. UPDATES RESUME FRIDAY.

Bates: Once upon a time, despite my inability draw reasonably well, I did a webcomic, using Drunk Duck. Don't use Drunk Duck, that site crashes so much, you'll put your fist through your monitor

shen: I've considered it but I'm a loyalist. also I don't know how to start over, someone else made this site for me...

benitora: Try out drunckduck, a fair number of the artisits that used to be on pnt have moved there and you definitely have an awesome story to tell

Bates: BadGirl need a swift kick in the vag. Oh, your semester started much earlier than our's, that's why. We don't finish till May.

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shen: fer serious? yeah we have like two weeks left and one of them is all presentations. I have A WEEK to do a final I havent started yet.

Bates: Already? We haven't even done midterms yet

shen: I have finals!

Bates: it might be tuesday today

Bates: XD I have a very active imagination

Bates: Aurora's cans and alligator wrestling, I think that covers the whole list XD

shen: Lydia at some point realized that SOMEBODY has to be the mature one.

Beccaroni: He, he, he gave me a head in a box! See wat I did there? Segue from the valentine the 13th post, oh forget it >>;

Gilder: Kind of surprised with her past experiences with Ian that Lydia is the calm voice of reason.

shen: oh yes, and tripping down stairs, and the every day life of Takis D'hann.

shen: what was the list again? scorpions... lucadores... mermaids... hot springs... panty shots... most of these are from Bates lol

Bates: Emphasis on fighting a scorpion... Shennnnnn >_>

Bates: Very tiny almost hidden upskirt? "Well he... he... wanted to watch me pee, and I was feeling kinda insulted that he was shooting me down earlier, so I kinda went along with it. And there was a HUGE scorpion and he fought it with a butter knife... and won."

Ixnay Amenay: Your characters always have such good body language 8)

shen: whhops, what day is it? Look, its getting on finals now... ><;

Bates: XD Got get'em, Tiger

shen: OKAY FINE, I'm better now. I'll work this weekend. I'm stalling because its almost spring break.

Bates: D: You're officially banned from being sick. Tell your cold or whatever to pack it's things, nothing personal, but it HAS to leave the premises IMMEDIATLY.

shen: STILL SICK

Shenanygans: Oh, the morbid comedy! LMAO

shen: sorry no update. sick.

Beccaroni: Baaahahahahahaha! I think it's been the best combo of days. Not that I did anything to celebrate either. >>;

shen: my man and I celebrate Friday the 13th more XD

Ixnay Amenay: XD That is a lovely combination of dates you're celebrating, shen :p

Silver M: << omg scary

shen: damn I forgot to put this up

Shenanygans: I'm out for a couple of days and THIS happens? Awesomeness without ME? What's next, the sun will rise without my helo? Joking. But seriously, this update really gives me the chills...

Ixnay Amenay: Great emotion in the art, it really accentuates how much of a creep Ian is :p

Beccaroni: Had to check if Ian didn't have a fork tongue in that last panel @_@

NORA CRANE!!!: Gah! Ian is creepalicious!!

Jimmy: Ian: Inducing terror and fanfic in girls everywhere.

Bates: ASS SHOT?! SIDE BOOB?! LEGGINGS?! OH SHEN, YOU SPOIL US! NOW HOW BOUT THAT GATOR WRASTLIN?!

Ixnay Amenay: This conversation just made my day XD

Bates: XD I'll see what I can do to get that on tape

shen: THEN DANCE.

Bates: Perhaps it could be better explained through the art of interperitive dance.

Bates: Like "Psh, Mr. Psycho thinks he's too cool for ME?! FINE, DON'T RAEP ME, ASSSSS!"

shen: ... wat

Bates: *SEXIST COMMENT ALERT* Yeah but she's a woman, you're all emotionally retarded. If anything she might feel insulted. Well, much later she'd feel insulted, when she was safe and was reflecting on it. *End Comment... EAT SATIRE, b****ES*

Ixnay Amenay: Yeah, that would be the sane response XD

shen: I hope she feels relieved lol

Bates: XD Well how would YOU feel if even the psychotic stalker/homicidal maniac type wouldn't bat an eye at you?

Ixnay Amenay: XD I'm not sure whether she should be freaked or insulted right now. Ian has such a dramaqueen pose in the 8yh panel!

Bates: XD Teasing you, she's fine... so far... >_>. s*** I have a hard time remembering the MAIN PROTAGONISTS' names, so its all good.

shen: O.o I did have fears about introducing a new character so late in...

Bates: Don't worry about her name cuz... SHE'LL BE DEAD BEFORE THE END OF THE CHAPTER CUZ SHE'S STUPID AND NOBODY LIKES HER AND SHE'S UGLY AND SMELLS LIKE CHEESE AND HER FEET ARE TOO BIG AND HER HAIR FEELS LIKE IT'S PURE GREASE! ... XD idk either, I blame too much MST3k, cuz that sounds like something Tom Servo would rant

shen: shes Ivy lol. she says it a page ago.

Shenanygans: Poor, poor....um, I already forgot her name....huh

Jimmy: I love this comic. Definitely glad you're back on your updates.

Dirk: Oooh! Dissed by Ian! It's good to see you back at it, Shen! *catches up*

Bates: You know you suck when even the psycho rejects you

~Kara: Ooooh Ian... I missed you so... XD You have no idea the manacle laughter fest I had when it was "But not my type".

~Kara: : I did try to make his coat at least. I even did all the sketching for it and everything and was two steps from buying the fabric before it hit me that I wouldn't want to do Merchant without the proper head wear. Soooo I'm putting him off. BUT. He's on the list.

Shenanygans: Rejection!!!!

NORA CRANE!!!: Omg... I like the little vein sticking out on the bridge of Ian's nose... LOL! Perfection!

Bates: Yeahhh, reminds me of MY dragqueen days... HAHAHAHA, you wish <_<

shen: Merchant's hair is not full of sticks, it is quite well groomed. But I'm sure it is quite hard to wig. and my sister drew that little drag show XD

~Kara: <Ahem> That is all.

~Kara: Not that I mind, really. Even though I neglected it the last two weeks, I'm happy to be on at 2:30 catching up. x3 Yay more RoA! (By the way, Merchant was put on hold because his hair is full of faggotry that I didn't want to learn how to weave a wig to get both colors...)

~Kara: <_< I'm here! Really. I've been lurking. School's kept me busy. D: I want to make Krystofer's little loli dress. ._. But Lance's colors would look so good on me. WHY ARE THEY IN DRAG?

shen: fixed

shen: COMPUTER BROKEN DUNNO FOR HOW LONG

shen: I had actually drawn a hotsprings splash page but it looked terrible so I never scanned it XD

Ixnay Amenay: o.o He certainly can be creepy, can't he?

Shenanygans: Put the mermaid in the hotspring too. *sniff*, you don't like my Batman idea? JK. Okay, you're right, its a little dorkey and I am also a Batfan! Yeesh...... But Heath Ledger's performance was amazing!!! Gotta love teh badguys!!!

Bates: XD Listen to Anon, if you really want to anime geek out. No series is complete without the uncalled for hot springs offshoot full of gracious t'n'a.

KMD: Just wanted to stop by and say...this page is epic!

Anonymous: Oh, you can't forget the obligatory hot springs event.

Bates: :P Just saying is all. Besides, if you really wanna get the giggles over trannie love like that piece of fanart, do a Rocky Horror theme for Halloween

shen: gimmie a little credit, I've been a Batfan for like twelve years!

Bates: XD That would be blasphemy to Batman fans everywhere

shen: that is a bit much XD besides, I don't want to give people the impression that I only like Batman for Dark Knight.

Bates: XD I think that'd be wayyyy too dorky

Shenanygans: OMG! What's he gonna do now? Oh hey, I have an idea- for Halloween have Ian dressed as the Joker and do that scar scene with Lydia as Batman's girlfriend Ian's crazy enough

shen: he does have all the best expressions.

Jimmy: I shouldn't love Ian, but I can't help it.

Bates: Lance. In a luchadore outfit. Mask and all. Out of nowhere, flying tackle into the gator, and the other characters are like "Where did he get that outfit from?" "How did he change into it so fast?"

shen: XD but who wrestles the alligator?

Bates: Another idea! Ian fights a giant scorpion!

shen: what would this comic be without Ian popping up now and again? 8D

Bates: Like Brian Clevinger did with King Steve in 8-Bit Theater? Where it is revealed his right hand man is his left hand?

Silver M: btw Shen, I have a gag request if you ever get bored: Takis's everyday royal schedule or something, maybe with Merchant antics throw in XD

Silver M: omg he would have a tracking device on them D:

Meridan: Crazies always know where to go

Bates: It's everyone's favorite psycho!

Shenanygans: Whoo hoo! Mine's first! Haha.....Oh God no, not Ian again. How does he keep knowing where they are? Does he have some sort of tracking device on them?

NORA CRANE!!!: If you ever need guest art, let meh know, I've got a whole studio of artists just waiting for something to do while our site is being put up!!!

shen: XD this is gold, I'm writing these down. mermaids... alligators... tripping down stairs... Aurora's cans.

Shenanygans: Glad you're back! I think this is a really fun comic to read. I don't know what would really fit into this comic. Mabye a really sexy mermaid to seduce Lance or Krys? Or Lydia? I'm sure all the guys would like that... ;)

Bates: What I want to see, hmm... me XD! Kidding! Uhm, Aurora's goods, alligator wrestling, and someone tripping down stairs. Like the cartoony spinny trip down stairs, and laying on their belly with swirily eyes. DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT! I AM A SIMPLE MAN WHO ENJOYS THE FINER THINGS IN LIFE, LIKE PEOPLE TRIPPING DOWN STAIRS!

shen: <------------

shen: not a lot of info has come out on her yet.

Bates: Whats her story again? The runaway tomboy princess cliche? ^_^;; I'm drawing a blank

NORA CRANE!!!: OMG I LOVE THIS!!! YAY!

Silver M: hey that axe looks familar O_o

shen: theres a typo in here that I could have sworn fixed.

Gilder: Good old character interaction. yay!

Ixnay Amenay: The body language in this is great ^^

shen: fixed.

shen: huh. its Tuesday. That page should have- OH GOD ITS MY FAULT

Bates: XD I certainly hope so, Shen. Blatant fanservice is the best kind of fanservice.

Musha: Cute Aurora in the last panel ^^

lacy: YAY! *happy glomp*

shen: lol well I'm sorry Aurora isn't naked enough for you. maybe next time XD

Bates: Not quite showing the goods XD. New style?

Ixnay Amenay: Great scripting on this page ^^

Bates: D'AWWWWW! SHOW US THE GOODS, THE DRESSING SCENE! XD

Ixnay Amenay: New chapter!

shen: Don't think I don't tell her! I wanna see Evilish continue too! XD

Beccaroni: Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey! XD

Musha: PR: me too.. so many webcomics have died in the past year.. but I still check on Evilish now and then.. Shen! go tell Emily to start it up again! and thank you for a great webcomic ^^

Bates: And so yet another chapter of awesome begins

shen: oh yeah, I forgot she called it that too. WELL NOW I CLAIM IT AS MINE.

PR: Musha: I know. T___T I want it to continue~!

PR: OMFG. I WANT THAT IAN SKETCH. @___@ I had to back read a bit, but....that drawing of him, in street clothes (if I took it right)....HO MEH GOD. I Can Has?

Musha: Royalty! Just like chapter 29 of evilish... which has yet to begin..

Gilder: I am convinced you are slowly making a still shot opening montage for when the series becomes animated, Shenabelle.

shen: oh wow I fell out of toning practice

Jimmy: I love you. <3333

Nantalith: And Malice Mizer is awesome!

Nantalith: Ha ha ha ha ha ha

shen: he does probably have the most fabulous legs.

Bates: -_-;; Krys WOULD say that too... my mind is forever scarred.

Silver M: OMG that took me a minute

shen: YEEEEESSSSS!!! XD

Bates: D: Lance and Krys?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

shen: look closely- aren't they familiar? 8D

Bates: >_O THEY'RE DUDES?!?! -_-;; your sister needs to quit her Malice Mizer addiction.

shen: my sister loves to draw crossdressers.

Bates: *looks at sketch* O_o Oh my...

shen: <----------------

Bates: Now that it's out there... make it happen Shen :P

Silver M: I never considered it either...I figured the Merch would hate her too much XD

Bates: Maybe it was just soobvious, it didn't click in your head.

shen: I'm usually a het fan. Thats what confounds me the most...

Bates: XD Too much yaoi on your brain gives new meaning to the expression "hidden in plain view"

shen: I still missed somehow it in favor or Merchant/Takis. Oddly both people in the dedication ship this one-sided on different sides.

Bates: Merch and... who's that? The Queen? Shouldn't that one have been really obvious? Medieval fantasy has a weird obsession and overuse of the queen/bodyguard secret love scenario

Bates: Oh and happy holidays to you too!

Bates: Ah, now I know. And knowing is half the battle! GI JOOOOOOOOOOE!

shen: no that arrow means "read updates".

Bates: XD I think she was trying to say "Woo!" but put an h in there for whatever reason

shen: <----------

Kara~: WHOOO!

Bates: YEAHHHHHHH!

shen: HOLY HELL I GOT AN A.

Kara~: How'd you do on your finals, Shen hon?

shen: FINALS ARE OVER. INKING WILL RESUME.

shen: dunno if I can commit to anything right now, kinda flighty lately.

lacy: pokepokepokepokepoke you guys still i nteresting in my WoD game? http://geocities.com/lacewinglml

shen: you have no idea how many micron pens and sharpies I've gone through lately.

Kara~: Pens? What kind of pens? Inking pens or regular ballpoint pens? >>;

Bates: nvm what I read that as. 3:30am is a bad time to check comics

shen: I NEED MORE PENS!

nikolewalker: eiffoguopfiglpofgo

booz: yjmhktotuoyuyi

Bates: XD You just set yourself up for good times like that on purpose, don't you?

shen: inking progress: 6/21. current scene: two dark haired characters at night D:<

Bates: Ahhh, thought I might have forgotten a character from so long ago or something.

Shen: Aleph is currently my roommate and some people on this shout board have met him.

Bates: ^_^;; Who's Aleph again?

Silver M: Yeah its freezing up here

Beccaroni: Ah, that's right. It's cold in that there Northern Hemisphere. *swelters in Aussie humidity* (@_@;;;;;;;)

Silver M: This pic explains exactly how I feel right now...cold XD

Beccaroni: I'm just imagining Yo Sammity Sam off-page shooting at his feet. "Dance Boy!"

lacy: here here!

Kara~: And besides Shen, I've been reading... for... well, since almost the beginning, why would I stop now? XD

Kara~: *LMAO* To see Aleph in the next chapter would give me girly giggles that I shall surely enjoy more than Merchant.

lacy: lol well got all those drawings I did.. as suck ass as they are lol. but hey, they where fun.

lacy: dance magic dance...

Shen: well Merchant won't be in the next chapter if thats a deterrent. But Aleph will and thats just as good. (Trust me- its just as good.)

Kara~: x3 Who would deny seeing more of Merchant? Pssh, Shen you're too hard on yourself.

shen: I'll see what I can ink over Thanksgiving break. And anyone who doesn't like my comic doesn't have to keep coming back.

lacy: woot! lol, I'm afraid to ask to see them.

Yen: C

Bates: Pie looks great in any light

shen: lol yes. yes they did.

lacy: I AM HOME! lol, so did the drawings look worse in the daylight?

Beccaroni: Inkercise!

Bates: D) I like Pie

Jimmy: I can totally wait through more filler. Ink to your heart's content.

blue: i agree. I can wait. ink it and add more filler.

an: I have to say, inking the remainder of the chapter is best. YAY!

Kara~: We can wait; take you're time inking it Shen.

rift: I vote for inking the rest

PR: Ink. Ink is always good. I think we can wait for it. ^^ I understand about school, and all. Also, long time, no see, everyone!

shadowwalker: ink the rest, we be patient

shen: thats 3 for ink, 2 for post.

Ixnay Amenay: Ink it. Quality over quantity, right? It'll be hard to see with just pencil.

Stasia: I think you should just post it in pencil. You've got enough work with school to worry about screaming Fans demanding some progress.

Silver Mirror: Post it!

Meridan: Ink it. We can wait.

Beccaroni: Scary? Well he does look like he's about to do something you'd probs regret :X

Silver Mirror: *stabs Charles. Repeatedly*

Gilder: Go to hell spambot Charles!

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Kara~: ... Scary and HOT. *suddenly imagines Lance and Ian switching places...* ... *girly giggle*

shen: Lance's turn to look scary!

Silver Mirror: L-Lance? Omfg he looks so EVIL!! XD

Kara~: Ironic, really.

Kara~: Whats so funny is when I went to show the colored Character slot version of Merchant to a friend (Blaze and I were arguing what part of his coat was blue) and this was on the front page.

shen: I drew this in my class sketchbook so my teacher graded it XD

Jimmy: That looks like those post its my art teacher hands out when we do group critiques.

Bates: I think you drew Symone wrong XD

Bates: Peer pressure

Bates: Doitttt

shen: I guess I should do Symone, to round it off...

Beccaroni: Monica~! With a slightly Ian/Angelica look on her features. :3

Bates: Flimsy pirate wench outfit = easy access.... :P

shen: Moni drew the elephant, Morgen the "yay!" fish. Andy drew they eye on the left.

Bates: the "Yay!" fishy is just the best. And whatsup with Aurora's butt in the corner? XD Dammmmn, baby got back!

Beccaroni: Elefantz! 8O

shen: I often do draw at work but this was during a meeting so I couldn't get away with much more than some doodles. some of my co-workers contributed!

Bates: Eh, so you knock out a few chapters at work, no one notices, life goes on :P

shen: I'm just disappointed Ivy looks like shes swearing men's clothes.

Bates: Yay character collage thing!

Beccaroni: Ian looks quite... normal and noble. Is the world ending? XD

Kara~: Red All Over cast, au natural?

Kara~: Okays, just checking. I scanned that picture of Merchant, darkened the lines and colored it with my prisma colors. I found the PERFECT color for his coat. God it was beautiful.

shen: probably not. too lazy.

Kara~: By the by Shen; the colored Merchant in the Character's screen. Are his colors changing? :3

Kara~: Shhh! Filler art is a chapter all it's own! *tease*

shen: you saw no chapter, only filler art!

Kara~: I SAW THIS PICTURE. *epic fail* And sneak peeks to the chapters! BAAWWWW!

Kara~: <_< ... Guhhhh Iaaaaannnnn~

shen: not defensive. INFORMATIVE!

Bates: Its cute how defensive you got XD

Shen: ITS VAMPIRES. I should do a Halloween drawing.

Bates: Oh look a new pic...ture... oh my ._.

shen: chibichibicon fliers? thats not for MONTHS.

Kara~: So, bring your poor laptop and I'll see what I can do for it, since we'll be seeing each other anyway?

Kara~: Yay, I'm not as hated as I thought I was! Anyway, Chibi Chibi Con fliers are going up at my school tomorrow (hopefully) and I'll be at the meeting on Wednesday.

shen: I have every intention- but school just started and its been slow going. The next chapter is 17 pages done.

Nantalith: You are still going to continue, right?

shen: there was a time i had like 600 readers. *sighs wistfully*

Silver Mirror: *kills spambot*

Bates: Yeah really, doesn't this comic only have like 4 readers (sorry :P)? How do the spammers ALWAYS find you?!

shen: HOW I GET SO MUCH SPAM IN SHOUTBOX?!?!

CD: That's okay. I'll check back later. I hope your computer is up and running again soon.

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shen: I not hate!!! I just quit with the laptop. I'm gonna do my best, and then buy a new one.

Kara~: ._. I get the feeling Shen hates me. ;_;

Shen: Thanks, CD, I'm sorry you have to find my site when its not updating! and HA HA BATES! XD

Kara~: *GIGGLE* Oh man, AHAHAHAHAH.

Bates: omfg, I have to kill you now, Shen, JUST for this drawing

Kara~: No, not yet. I don't want to show up just randomly but because of the computer issues she IS having, I don't know when I can collaborate to try and fix her computer. Guh, endless circle of doom.

Bates: So did Kara fix your computer?

CD: Hi, Shen! You don't know me, but I read Monochrome on fanfiction.net a few days ago and it was incredible! I love your writing.

Kara~: Oooor sometime over the weekend (or whenever your free) we could pop by and try to work something out? Computer issues give my inner geek a coronary.

Shen: its a very strange problem that would take a while to explain.

Kara~: o_o; I vote to come fix the puter. Between Blaze and I(we've saved three so far) we could probably help?

lacy: *hugs* bsod sucks

Bates: hahahah, no one will ever think to look there!

shen: actually my personal folder is called "not porn".

Bates: It'll go in her... uh... personal folder. Filed under M for mastu.... *stray bullet kills him* x_x

shen: It WON'T be on the internet. That doesn't mean I don't like it! >

Kara~: ... O_o... I thought you swore it'd never go on the internet? xD

Shen: well... I wouldn't be able to put in in my archives, but...

Meridan: No porn my butt Shen. You know you want it

Shen: oh, screw off, Marion. HEY, IMPORTANT UPDATE IN THE FORUMS. PLEASE READ.

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shen: received!

Bates: Sent the epicness

shen: e-mail is fine

Bates: Should I email it to ya, or would you like the photobucket link here?

Bates: IT WON'T BE! IT WILL BE EPIC THOUGH, I CAN GUARANTEE THAT MUCH!

shen: NO PORN!

Bates: I feel like drawing some filler art for you, gimme a day or two, and I'll cook up something amazing.

shen: yeah, if you're an eighteenth century pornographer. seriously, this project has rules. that being, I suppose, leave a little to the imagination.

Bates: Nonsense, nakey = art last I checked

shen: all right, I guess I could have gone without the shirt.... I drew this for a project and I don't think I'm allowed to draw *everything*...

Gilder: Sexy Pirate!

Bates: okay fine the coat can stay, but the conviently placed open shirt needs to go XD

Shen: but if I lose the coat, how will you know shes a pirate? And I hate girl pirates who don't wear pants. Pants are for working. (shirts are optional.)

Bates: pants* wow, totally f***ed that up

Bates: lose the coat and peants, leave everything else, including the sexy boots and this would be perfect

shen: FILLER ART TIEMZ OH SNAP

Beccaroni: Vaas and his benevolent smile. I like the colours on the princess. :3

Musha: okay, bad spelling.. *nice *color

Musha: wow, congratulations, shen. And wow, noce groupshot. I love the corlor work!

S Mirror: I have to say I always loved Lydia's outfit, its so cool

Bates: ^_^;; Oh right... and congrads Shen!

Bates: Holy f***, I've been reading the same comic for 5 years and it never even occured to me how old it was.

shen: I brought my tablet to work today. whoo, lets sketch up some fillers n' such! cuz I forgot my actual drawing book!

Silver Mirror: ill try to draw something if i find time. I have Photoshop CS3 now so I can color it too

Kara~: Whoooo! Stick figures, ahoy! And ahh... we shall not speak of that dreadful piece of art. I've put the drawing pencil away, no more horrible art, promise.

Shen: COOL. who wants to draw me some guest art?

Gilder: I love Vas. Especially his exasperated "How many times do i have to clean this mess up!?" attitude.

Beccaroni: Oooh, I love it when stories intertwine as such. Vaas~!

lacy: Maybe put up the contest peeps work as filler? Favorite fan art? Guest comics? filler pin ups? I'd rather see the finished stuff.

Jimmy: Flashback?! The crazy~!

S Mirror: hey! it all makes since now! lol

shen: I've added a poll to the forum. Please vote in it, It will determine the next chapter's quality.

Shen: for Christ's sake! its mot even in a real LANGUAGE!

Beccaroni: Merchant! Did you know spambots are Graviston too? Off you go! XD

Silver Mirror: why you spam? O____O plz hav a seat over there spambot

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shen: <--------------------

Silver Mirror: thats cool, Lancxe its a neat way to spell it

Shen: and Lance's now contains a silent X now.

Shen: she'd only retaliate, you know, lol. shes already drawn LancxexIan, I seen it.

Bates: @Kara: XD I'll draw the damn stick figure version of it if ya don't shush up

Beccaroni: Whatcha gonna do now, Merch? I'm sure he's not one to waste a good graviston... *gets out picnic kit*

Kara~: O_o... LAWL HOT BREAST ACTION, FTW. xD See?! There. Now you can't complain about my yaoi when you just yuri'd the Tagboard! *taunts*

Meridan: Did you know, dead gravistons come back as zombies?

Shen: you guys are fun XD

Bates: *Reads comic* A CHALLENGER APPEARS! Sorry sorry, couldn't resist. Oh look, a slight revealing of Merch's soft side.

S Mirror: lmfao

Meridan: Vaas and Ghost need to do that too, only with less breasts and more scars.

Bates: Never really had any but, hmm, on the spot right now... Lydia and Aurora get into this hot cat fight, which includes the usual ripping of clothing, sweaty breasts pressing against each other, orgasmic moaning and grunting... and then they make love there and then on the soft grass in the woods. The End.

shen: lol I do. You can say yours, too, Bates, I'm totally entertained! XD

Bates: -_-;; I don't want to know your perverted yaoi fantasies, kthnx... :P

Kara~: Nah, Merchant would totally be like "I'll play the pretty wifey, you bend me over whenever you like! I'LL MAKE YOU PIE. D:" Takis might just think about it, with the pie bribe and all.

Bates: EXACTLY!

Shen: boy we are a long way from the end of the story.

Bates: Sure... when he's done using him. BUT MERCHANT WON'T ALLOW THAT! HE'D TOTALLY DICE TAKIS BEFORE THAT HAPPENED! HOO YEAH!

Silver Mirror: you think that would include Merchant on Takis's list too...dundunDUN

Shen: IRL Merchant and chapter writer says, "Takis wants to kill all Gravistons. That includes ALL Gravistons."

Shen: Merchant's got a few issues and a lot of angry. he'll take it out on ANYBODY.

Silver Mirror: lol ^^

Bates: ^_^ Isn't it just most glorious?

lacy: ow... little over the top for a few kids.. he really does dislike one half of himself doesn't he?

Silver Mirror: are those...intestines? *shudders* one thing that creeps me is always the disembowelment

Bates: Oh yes! *goes into fit of sucking his fingers in between the yelling* Oh yes! Sweet, sweet DELICIOUS violence!

Kara~: He is super fun and Merchant and Sonic will forever dance in the endless hoop of LIGHT! (Otherwise known as glowsticks.) I really have to find that picture. XD

Silver Mirror: he sounds like uber fun

Silver Mirror: i would love to meet the guy you based Merchant on lol ^^

shen: no that was intentional. But once again, I didn't write this chapter, I just gave Merchant permission to use whatever words he wanted.

Silver Mirror: and kinda how vinda sounds like the word they use in India for the dot on married womens heads...but that might have been unintentional

Silver Mirror: yep!

shen: all of you are correct! Aren't I fun? XD

Silver Mirror: XD

Bates: I noticed that Friday's comic will be totally packed with sweet sweet delicious violence, based off today's last panel. Mmmmm, violence.

lacy: weeeeee!

Beccaroni: Oh cool! I'd noticed Merch's lack of Vinda (when I attempted to draw him) but didn't pick up on those o.O

Silver Mirror: while im admiting things i just now noticed, Lane, Rhodes(roads), Avenue, Boulevard. I'm noticing a pattern ><

Silver Mirror: I just noticed Merchant doesn't have a vinda...XD

Shen: I"M COOL AND SMART!

Gilder: That is a really creative way of using the teleport mechanic. Very nice!

Bates: Awww, I forgot to scribble some eyeburning failed attempt at fan "art". Oh well

Shen: peaches were easier to draw.

Kara~: Merchant, you don't GET fanart, you get a cosplay. (Soon as I get a jobby. )

Silver Mirror: XD yeah

an: The peach guy from a few pages ago reminded me of the cabbage guy on Avatar.

Silver Mirror: damn it, i wonder why it didn't send. oh well consider it a gift then ^_^

Shen: <---------------

Merchant: You all lose! For not one of you did a fan art of me!

shen: any last minute entries? no? the judging begins now...

shen: man, I love this page. It is my favorite page.

shen: I haven't got another entry...

Silver Mirror: oh never mind, i didnt XD

Silver Mirror: oh shen! i sent my contest entry to your other email >< sorry about that

shen: <-----------------

shen: Merchant is so rad.

Beccaroni: The smile's back XD Better run kiddies o3o

Beccaroni: ~~*accompanies on guitar*~~

lacy: *sings cheesy love songs to Merchant*

Beccaroni: Go Merch! I didn't know he could do that 8D

shen: I... might be working? I should call work...

Bates: I'm gonna be playing a show with my punk band the 10th, good stuff.

lacy: *waiting* maaaaan the 10th.. I'm going to be in NYC touring museums and chinatown...

Beccaroni: The shaking fist says enough XD

shen: woah, I forgot to fill in a word bubble. well, the old lady in panel 1 says "Hey!"

Beccaroni: My peaches! MINE!

Bates: MORE TIME FOR MY MIGHTY STICK FIGURES OF ARTISTIC GENIUS!

lacy: *pouts*

shen: SEE UPDATES

Silver Mirror: Yikes! I'll have my contest entry in by the 31st!

Kara~: :3 I live to please~

Beccaroni: @ Kara~ Gehehe XD

Criddious: Hehe, I wonder if her stalker notices her other stalkers ;3

Meridan: Yay! Pirates!

Bates: XD I can draw up something real quick and scan it up, but I make no guarantees I actually will

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shen: so have I got all the contest entries I'm going to get, or should I extend the deadline?...

Kara~: How about "devious smirk of the fact that he marched on stage and took a finger of icing off Lance's face". ... Wait, no, that's still suggestive.

Beccaroni: Have to say it's good to see an expression on Merchants face other than "suggestive smirk" XD Not saying that s.s. is bad tho :x

Kara~: I can't wait to do my Merchant cosplay... It WILL happen... Eventually. Then -I- will be the one licking icing off of Lance's face! BWUAHAHAHAH

Kara~: Yes ma'am, I'm watching you on devART. Just look up Shadows-Macabre. <3

Criddious: I love these characters. "Have bartender in Herciline arrested for treason!!" xD

lacy: so.. is there a place I can see your entry Kara?

lacy: I'm sorry I just wanted to do something nice.

Kara~: <_<; Not fair. Lacy's is all inked and colored and pretty. *mumble*

shen: Kara did.

lacy: just took me a bit to get it inked, I kept tossing out and adjusting, then got busy. So who else entered?

shen: excellent! Two entries, its now a contest!

lacy: I have an entry, inking now! Should be finished by the end of today

Kara~: Ahahah, unrequited love. Poor Merchant. Don't worry, Lance'll do everything for ya!

shen: >:

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Beccaroni: Merchant doing his Aragorn impression! XD *shot*

shen: great! I can't wait to see it!

Silver Mirror: coolness a chapter of Merchant! btw Shen I made some fanart for your contest! Hopefully I'll get home to my scanner before the deadline :P

Kara~: Eee Merchant! ... And the dreaded cake icing. o_o ... NO MORE CAKE AT CON. I was smelling "vanilla" for days.

shen: I know everyone will read it, I just want everyone to know its not filler. (canon means its not filler, its true to the story.)

Beccaroni: What's does mean Canon? And real Merchant? Cooooooooooooooooooooool

Bates: Shen, even if it wasn't canon, you KNOW we're still gonna read it! XD

Jimmy: The possibility of a real merchant makes me happier than it should.

Criddious: ::eagerly awaits the return of Ian ;D::

shen: something to motivate everyone for the contest.

Beccaroni: Not the hat D:

Bates: ha ha ha, this doodle has made my day very bright already

shen: oh, well, I'll be sure to tell my writer and we'll just add more gay subtext to the finished book. or I'll just draw it in, lol.

hi: Oh. They mean it needs more gay fanservice (at the bottom)

shen: where is there gay fanservice?...

Jimmy: And clearly more gay fanservice. We forgive though, only because it was awesome.

Beccaroni: I heart Monica. She's awesome. :3

shen: ...did this page come out a day early?

shen: if you read the updates <--- you will see that I addressed the missing text issue. This is my writer's fault. And I thought she was kidding about Godzilla...

Bates: Missing dialogue in tiny panel 2. And clearly tits and Godzilla would have been the CORRECT way for this story to go.

shen: lol well you're encouraged to try

Bates: I draw like a right handed child drawing with his broken left hand... I just might win this conetst XD

shen: SEE UPDATES OR FORUM FOR CONTEST DETAILS

shen: well we only had ten pages...

Bates: Or they get rare herbs in their hair. D: You're messing up the clichés! Where's the creeper of the cave?!

shen: oh, tomorrow is July... contest will be announced in the forum tomorrow.

shen: this story is two pages to the end. I'd probably better finish the next chapter soon.

Bates: *sparkly eyes* IMAAAAAGINATIOON! *waves rainbow with hand*

shen: then we'll utilize the power of IMAGINATION!

Bates: ha ha ha, I don't have that much free time

shen: I do girl love the same way I do boy love. ambiguous implications, and leave the rest to fanfiction.

Bates: XD Or is Shen gonna finally go in the right direction and break out the GIRL love? I kid, I kid.

Bates: So then they choose to explore the cave, fight a creep (always a cave creep), and get the treasure?

Gilder: They are without a doubt, the worst pirates EVAR! and i mean that in a funny way.

shen: this is one of my favorite pages because Key looks adorable in every panel.

shen: ah, I remember, the next chapter is quite a treat.

Bates: Princess Aurora go bye-bye, Ian pouty, fan girls squeal at his pouty expressions, proceed

Bates: ... XD I love you

shen: yeah, me too...

Bates: Huzzah for RAO, I'll have to back track a bit cuz I forget where you left off.

Jimmy: So... Not the best pirate cliche ever.

Kara~: Yay more comic! (not that this isn't so far making me laugh a -lot-) but I DO so miss RAO. Anywhoo, happy late birthday! My birthday is next week and I am psyched. I'm hitting one of those age hills.

shen: there will be no last minute anything, this is very much done. I mean its not inked and whatnot but the writing is done. after this we move back to RAO.

Bates: also I just noticed the D:< face on the middle girl in panel 3 and laughed so hard

Bates: Should have went with the "they have penises" rant I shot out last week, THAT would have been one HELL of a surprise. XD.... please DON'T last-second throw that in somehow, like men who transform into women and will stay women if they don't sacrifice men to the volcano god, or something

shen: WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON OUR ORIGINALITY.

Bates: <3 you Shen ! AND I KNEW IT! ITS ALWAYS EITHER CANNIBALS OR HUMAN SACRIFICING! OR BOTH!

Silver Mirror: Cool u have the same b-day as my brother! he turned 16

shen: *kills self*

Bates: XD I love the guessing game though... older than 23? Jeeeeze, you're oldddddd :P

shen: if you guess under age, you make me feel older still!

Meridan: Wrong, Bates She said its her secret, no trying to guess now!

Bates: 23

shen: my age=my secret ^^;

Beccaroni: Wooo! Happy birthday Shenn!

hi: Oh, happy birthday!! How old are you?

Bates: Ooh! Happy birthday to Shen! Who still manages to update no matter what the occasion! *internet hug* there, that's your present from me to you

shen: its my birthday.

Bates: IT'S COMING! I KNEW! CRAZY CANNIBAL TRIBE OF WOMEN THAT DEVOUR MEN! OR SOMETHING TO THAT NATURE!

Kara~: :O ALEPH!!! *GLOMP* Welcome to the Tagboard! And yay for the girls and creepy places that undoubtedly make people turn tail and flee like little... well, girls.

Criddious: I am guessing the women that the guys found are not as they seem ;3

Beccaroni: Competition? Yayayay!

Bates: XD Of course, the cave is ALWAYS just "across that swamp"

shen: ...thats actually kinda interesting... but my last contest was a fanfic one, I think the next should steer towards art and not writing, to keep things even.

Bates: XD I know, I was just being a smartass, though its actually a pretty good idea that could one day be used. Write a script for the ending of a small arc or something, winner gets their script drawn up by the legendary Shen. Non-canon arc, of course

shen: lol no, it'll be a fair while until I'm even thinking of Ocean Blue contests. That was more of a dismissal.

Bates: @Shen: XD Is that the contest? Write our own ending? Sounds like a high school assignment... yes, yes I am just teasing you :P

Aleph: Man, you really don't like the dudes. Also, if they won, I think it'd likely be because they followed the map, not magic. Maps, by their purpose, lead people places reliably. Also, no good will come of apparent good things on deserted islands. This is the way of things.

shen: well anyone who doesn't like how it ends can write their own. its a ten page story a friend and I wrote in a weekend. its not exactly poetry.

Beccaroni: I'm sure they're lovely ladies and that the boys will be fiiine!

Bates: FOOLS! IT'S A TRAP! THEY'RE CANNIBALS! OR MAYBE THEY HAVE PENISES!

Jimmy: Someone here is genre savvy. And sacrifices are usually what follows meeting hot women on an abandoned island. Dude, I'd rather find that than treasure. (Maybe. Maybe both.)

Kara~: LOL. Hawt women = sacrifices and good food.

Bates: IT'S A TRAP!!!!

Bates: Cuz I'm an @sshole. D: And would be highly dissapointed if they magically won. Cuz that would be disgustingly predictable and anti-climatic.

Beccaroni: Gyahahaha!

shen: why would they wanna make you happy? They'd rather be RIGHT.

Bates: My mind is totally blown away. Though panels depicting the girls should have just taken the damn shortcut make me happy.

shen: theres been a forum all along! ^^;

Beccaroni: Ahaha, Obligatory Island. XD

lacy: woot

Bates: You have an actual forum? HOLY s***! WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?!

Shen: oh, are you talking about that contest idea? I'm gonna make a thread in my forum for that I think...

Shen: ...what?

Bates: XD Most entertaining fan-comic gets... something. Course, I can't draw worth s***, and I'm not just being modest, I mean it really looks like a right-handed 5 year old drew with his broken left hand... beer pong tourny at some anime convention?

hi: I love this picture!!!

shen: uh, thank you for that, Margery. Anyhow, I dunno, I was just thinking out loud...

Kara~: *chibi-humps Ian's side* x3 Gaaaaaaaaaaaaah.

Bates: what kind of contest?

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shen: so should I host another contest this summer, when the filler's over?

Shen: could be better. thats why I didn't ink it. I don't think its dynamic enough...

Stasia: Oh snap! Haha, awesome filler

Silver Mirror: cool filler sketch though!

Jimmy: That is a really awesome sketch.

Shen: its a filler sketch. I'm tired.

Silver Mirror: omg did he go on some random killing spree? O_O

Shen: thats funny because I hated most of the faces he made. I think it was a bad-art-chapter.

Kara~: :3 I have incredibly <3'd Ian's expressions this chapter however. Zomfgbbqsauce.

Kara~: Ian got bigger! Cause those pants ONLY GOT TIGHTER. *unf* Looks like time on the road has done him some good, LOOKIT DOS CURVEZ.

Chu: Ola!

shen: there is a pretty good chance that without his pet rabbit he'll go a little batty again.

PR: *drools* I'm waiting for him to go "Finally!" or be randomly attacked....@___@

Meridan: When he opens his eyes, he'll be the crazed, psychopathic murder that I love, right? Right?

Bates: XD Now he's gonna go pout somewhere and write a sad poem... did Ian always wear big hooker boots?

hi: Ian's cute in that picture.

Kara~: Beam me up, Scotty! XDD Ian's expression makes me want to hug him blind.

shen: It should totally shoot lasers.

Bates: For some reason, I expected a laser to shoot out, like the Big-O; good game, Ian. I'm a strange kid, sometimes

shen: also I finished an update for tomorrow and Tuesday, which will be the end of the chapter (I'll have to throw in a bit of filler before 17 starts though).

shen: I stopped watching around Shippuden when I realized all the Akatsuki are gonna die. Anyhow, Yen is right, I've been a little inconsistent. summer is coming though, so it'll get better, pinky swear.

Kara~: So do I; however, I found at least some enjoyment from Shippuden. Otherwise, i can't watch the normal anime. It makes my head hurt.

Criddious: kara... please no naruto referances. too corny and i have a grudge against tat anime. so many days i'll never get back... o.0

Kara~: ... An unemotional ninny with no filter. :3

Bates: *crickets chirp* Nope, lost us, try again... :P

Kara~: Yen reminds me of Sai. (For all those who have ever watched Shippuden.) Ha. ha.

Kara~: Yen, don't be a jerk. Shen goes to college, ergo, means she has work to do. That and she HAS a social life. -_- What do you have other than sarcastic, unwanted comments?

Bates: hey hey, she was doing great until finals hit!

Yen: It's okay, it's not like this comic has had consistant updates for the last few months anyway..

Criddious: Ian is having mood swings D;

PR: We do~! ^^ *luffles on*

Kara~: It's okay Sheeeeen. We <3 you.

Shen: sorry! finals week, I have a huge workload this quarter!

PR: You haven't updated it yet...^^; Not obsessed....XD No~!

Shen: I can't remember if this was supposed to update today or if it's already updated

Bates: Could be the slightly less angry one. But then again, I'm sure you like to pretend to be a badass in RP's :P

Shen: I wonder! =D

Bates: Ooooh, which one is supposed to be you?

shen: SECRET: Layla and Nikita up there are my sister and I. We made them as RP characters like ten years ago.

Kara~: Last panel: Gorgeous. IAN ANGST, WHOOOO. *bubble heart* Aurora's sisters are killin' me though. XDD

Jimmy: I don't know who to love more: Ian or her sisters.

Bates: D'awwww, more sibling love featured in the shoutbox

shen: to my sister: YOU ARE SO DEMANDING.

Bates: middle panel, cutest sibling shot ever XD

Criddious: ::le-gasp::

Silver Mirror: lol they made her wave XD

Your Sister: PUT UP THE LINK FOR CHAPTER 16 PLZ KTHNXBAI

Beccaroni: Interesting monologue Ian's got there XD

Bates: Ian... sorry, too much Ctrl+Alt+Del XD

shen: ugh, I hate this page. ...did you say "Ethan"?...

Bates: Must you torture me by adding a whole new list of cute expressions to Aurora's already overwhelming cuteness? And Ethan looks like an angry black lady in the last panel, it amuses me greatly

Bates: Don't worry, I'm sure you're cramming in finals and papers just like the rest of us

shen: I'm sorry! I have a full class and work schedule!

RP: Ack! A week of no updates! DX

Bates: No updates makes me a sad panda, Shen *tears a little*.... :P

Shen: OH CRAP, SORRY!!! This time, I honestly forgot! I promise I'll have something for Friday!!!

Criddious: haha. funny. (no witty retort today xD)

Shen: ITS LIKE AN EXPLOSION.

Kara~: Is it a ... MASSIVE ATTACK?! XD Ahahha, bad song reference.

Bates: MASSIVE?! PAPERS OUT THE WAZOO?!

shen: no update due to MASSIVE HOMEWORK

lacy: got behind there a little, all caught up again! woot!

Bates: stupid shoutbox didn't let me put my name in, oh well

Name: Well thank God for that =P

Shen: I can't even draw male organs in life drawing class! Theres like this sphere of light instead where the genitals should be because I can't draw them.

Silver Mirror: aww poor Ara-Ara

PR: I don't think my boyfriend would be able to peel me from the computer if that happened....XD

Bates: Of course I should be grateful that Shen chooses NOT to draw bulging male organs in tight pants... I'd seriously never read this comic again

Bates: XD The male version of camel toe

Kara~: ... Wth is a "moose knuckle"? O_o... Though, mmmmm Ian pants. x3 *glee*

PR: You do a damn good job, though, Shen~! *stares at them some more* They look just like how leather shines....>___< Not that I've seen my boyfriend in too tight leather pants...>__> <___<

shen: Ian's pants piss me off to ink.

Bates: Eh, not as tight as my jeans, i got the full moose knuckle and everything, but then again, I make up for short height by being big where it counts. But enough about me, that Ara-Ara sure is cute...

PR: OH. MY. GODS! *huggles Aurora* Awww... BTW...I forgot Ian wears tight pants....*drools on computer screen*

Bates: In any case, I wish I could just hug her.

shen: well at least it means I can design characters appropriately.

Bates: In any case, HER FACIAL EXPRESSIONS ARE SO DAMN CUTE!

Silver Mirror: i figured out about Aurora after the whole thing with Vaas and her saying "Wait! How much do you know!?"

Bates: Two gavistons dressed like b****y princesses show up, hmmmmmm, wonder what that could mean, Shen? :P Especially since Aurora herself has always had bit of a royal look.

shen: I cannot believe you guys called this. I mean, seriously. I didn't think I was that obvious.

Beccaroni: Huh. I'm totally going to go to all auto-mobile sites now. *cough* Lol! Ara-ara got caught out xD

Silver Mirror: lol

Shen: but shes trying to sell me a car! Thats not love that advertising!

Meridan: Its because she loves you Shen, can't you see that?

Shen: WHY YOU SPAM MY SHOUTBOX?! O.o

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Bates: And wowee weewow, there is indeed some nice half naked Lydia, totally forgot about this

Bates: Aurora's facial expressions get cuter and cuter each new page. You're on the verge of hitting critical cuteness overload very soon

Kara~: ... O_o I am so confused as to whether Yen likes it or not too... ... Ian's reactions only get funnier. XD Chatbubble: " ?"

PR: Pfft. Who cares if you break the fourth wall, or such? It's a good series. Plain and simple. *nods* I love the series...it's like someone stole a small universe from my head and let Shen have her way with it. *nods*

hi: who needs 4th walls?

Shen: I'm a bit confused as to whether or not you like this comic! ^^;

Yen: Not to mention the complete railroading of the plot, the obvious exposure of the setting and constant breaking of the 4th wall.

Yen: Ah yes, the first artwork was quite bad, your art has definatly improved(heads so large that should snap people's necks if they turned them too quickly!) Have you gotten better at drawing torsos?

Criddious: ::screeeeeeeach- CRASH:: ahhh, generic sounds of revelation; gotta love'em.

Shen: its pretty small. maybe I'll draw some more soon.

PR: XD Holy crap, there is. I missed it the first 8 times through....XD

PR: Wait....you just reread the entire comic yourself? XD And I remember Lydia's boobs....*attacks ch. 7* PANTIES....XD I am female...just...perverted...yes...>.<

Shen: you know whats a complete waste of time? spending an entire evening re-reading your own webcomic and lamenting on how awful the early artwork is.

Shen: like one panel in chapter seven had Aurora panties, and Lydia's breasts had a whole page in chapter... what, 3? 4?

Kara~: *shrug* And even -I- wouldn't turn down a female fanservice, but there HAVE been some in the comic. (And Shen's devART.)

Kara~: *LAUGH* I was KIDDING Bates. Lawdy, when you have a great comic like this there's fanservicing EVERYWHERE. And no one said it had to be female oriented fanservicing. Fanservice is just a service to the fans. --It could be pencil sketches!--

Bates: O_O I don't recall very well either of these things *joins PR in rereading of entire comic*

PR: *blinks* You've drawn Aurora's panties? Did I miss it, or something? *re-reads entire comic*

shen: well I can draw girls too, lol its not a yaoi manga. I have drawn Lydia's boobies. And Aurora's panties...

Bates: I'm not certain I wanna see any fangirl service, being male and very well straight, thank you. :P

shen: I'm not certain Merchant knows or cares who Ian is ^^;

Jimmy: He looks so sad that she's going. Awww.

Kara~: And... fanservice picture of Ian doing poses! Like bowing... and looking confused... and sad... and things we don't normally get to see. Lance is the main character, he can have his fun but even we need some more bad-guy action! I'm still waiting for Merchant to go "ISN'T HE ADORABLE TAKIS?!" and Takis just blink and go "He's awfully... pale... Hey kid, where'd you get that b****IN' scar?"

Kara~: ... Though who first debated with me over Ara-ara being a preeeencess? >_> Ian: ... Required? Aurora: *Sweatdrop*Um... Sister: ... Wtf,Ian ur dumb, lolz.

Kara~: "... Why are you -required-." OH GOD. Ian's expressions this chapter have been... like... @___@ ZOMFG awesome. Ian: *brow cock; confusion* They make me want to hug him and squeeze him and never let him go. *coddles him*

PR: *doom squeal* HE LOOKS SO SAD! I WANNA CUDDLE HIM! *flails*

hi: i love this comic! the surprises never end!

shen: there we go.

shen: huh. that should have updated. *checks*

Bates: No update today?

Criddious: Its okay, we're illiterate together

shen: $*&$#*& CAN I SPELL ANYTHING RIGHT?!

Criddious: and I forgot on O in forgot D:

Criddious: Psst, shen ::whisper:: you forgt one of the L's in kill ::whisper::

PR: Shen: Fan service scene? O____O *gives herself a nosebleed* Oh, my gods. >___O I would have a heartattack over that....

Beccaroni: @ Nantalith You're right! I shouldn't be so harsh. <3

Shen: I didn't think something as simple as Ian bowing would be cause for notice! what else should I draw?...

Nantalith: Just because you kill people doesn't mean you are a rude or impolite person, I think.

Beccaroni: Yes, yes I did. Damn him, the charming psycho-killer murderiser he is...

PR: *twitters with Kara~* I got some funny looks when I did....XD

Kara~: I did! I DEEEEEEEED! *twitters*

PR: Did any other Ian fangirls kind of twitter happily to themselves (or quite loudly) when he bowed?

shen: s*** I forgot a text bubble XD

Kara~: I could just see Ian thinking "Left...or right..? Hmn... Protect the legs, arms, torso or groin first... s***..."

Kara~: ... OMG. Ian's BOWING. *bubble hearts* See?! If we remove Lydia from the picture, throw Ian and Lance into a room together, they'll settle their differences with some hot-- Er.. ... Fighing? It's a small room.. after all... *cough*

Kara~: Ahahahah, I like Criddious, finds a good thing in everything. Anyway! :O! Ara-ara! JOOR PAREENTZ R DED. *sad face* :(

Bates: One will be nice, the other a total b****

Criddious: Thats just my guess though :p. Though if i'm wrong I don't mind, after all, we get a fight scene that way

Criddious: Still, somehow I find it unlikely they are going to attack him. They are probably going to either greet him happily or taunt him or aurora playfully. I get that idea from their personalities

Criddious: When i see their looks in the last frame I can imagine them using telepathy: "So, do want to rip off the arms or the legs? I'm cool with either."

shen: me too for sure! ah, refreshing!

Bates: VICTORY, SHEN! Cuz that totally annoyed the crap out of me every time I tried scrolling through >_<

Nantalith: Man, those girls look badass in the last frame. Glad they are not looking at me

PR: I meant that they haven't tried to, like, blow him up, or something.... XD

shen: BOOYAH, figured out how to change how often damn thing refreshes.

shen: I missed something. what'd he say that was mean? Do I want to know?

Kara~: Who? The sisters? I'm sure they probably have!

PR: XD Ian having an orgy with Gravistion royalty? Sounds kinky! XD I'm surprised they haven't already caused some sort of chaos!

Kara~: All I'm imagining is one of those sisters getting to know Ian and Ian either shoving them away or going "Well, if I can't have Lydia... WHOO ROYALTY!"

Kara~: :3 We was riiiiight. And yeah, Yen has a point. It just needs more umph in the comic whoring (Which I can do). Ahhh, I love this panel. XD The expressions are FAB.

Bates: Aurora's facial expressions in this are adorable

Name: Aurora's facial expressions in this are adorable

Yen: Just being honest, this is not excactly a very often visited webcomic, don't get me wrong, i really like it(or I wouldn't read it, or wait impatiently for the next page) I just don't get why they would target this instead of a place where they're bound to get more clicks.. or a place that supports url codings.

Kara~: >_> Ouch. But Yen is a name I don't know. O.o

Silver Mirror: oooh that coloring is really cool

Criddious: That was a tad mean Yen xD

Yen: Why would anyone spam the shoutbox of an almost unknown webcomic?

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PR: Get some sleep, then, silly!

Shen: ARG, I have to tone the next update. I'M TIRED.

hi: that's pretty awesome. i love the outfits.

Criddious: I"m guessing they are, orsomthing close. Considering how csualy they are speaking with er. Family or superiors. One of those two i'm guessing

hi: ooh! are they aurora's sisters?

Shen: no update today because colour updates wear me out. Its a tradition.

PR: <_______< Still waiting for Ian with cupcakes....

Shen: I like you, Criddious- you remember TINY DETAILS XD (and many of them, yes, are foreshadowing.)

Kara~: I thought that might've been it as well, or perhaps it's just fashionable? And yeah, I'm definately thinking little Aurora is royalty.

Bates: No wai Shen! I'd CONQUER! XD

Criddious: @kara~: Yeah, Its a Circlet placed over the gem (if you recall, the murdered grav had no circlet on). It poped up awhile ago in the story line, though it was only in one panel that if I recall correctly. I personally think the circlets might have something to do with ranking in the grav' community (or possibly just the royals. Though this is all just speculation)

PR: I had a sneaking suspicion that she was back when Vaas mentioned something a few chapters ago....

Kara~: And question: If a Graviston's jewel is connected to their mind, head, etc, does the gold band those two are wearing go OVER the jewel...? O.o

Kara~: Also, I think Ara-ara is a Gravi-princess :3

Kara~: Reading back through it from Chapter Nine through Fifteen, the reason I think the scar healed that way is because instead of puncturing the skin, it just slit it on top of it was Lydia who healed it, hence the scar.

Jimmy: I am very much in love with all the girls in your comic.

Kara~: O_O... DAYUM those girls are hot. *whistle!* :O I love the colors!

Shen: they would crush you most magnificently. But also you would probably have a better chance with both than just one.

Bates: *Looks at today's update* Yeah, I'd do em both at the same time

PR: I must have this picture! Must! I have my fiancee reading RAO now too. He's laughed at me when I told him how much I like Ian....and when I told him he reminds me of Krystofer.

Kara~: <_< I was talking about the Ian in an apron picture. I could slap a mini-cupcake on his face though? >_>

PR: I realized that just after midnight myself. XD

Shen: oh- shows how much I know! I forgot about their birthdays! XD

PR: Just realized two things: 1; Kara was talking about the cupcake picture. 2: That Ian and Kyrstopher's birthday's were yesterday.....DX @____@ Bad fangirl! Bad! You forgot that! *beats self upside head*

Beccaroni: *can't wait* >:3

PR: aw...then I shall draw it myself! BWAHAHA -chokes- Gah! *coughcough*

shen: f*** SHE FOUND IT D8

Kara~: *up for an award and the 20 minutes it took her to look at -EVERYTHING- on her D: drive just to find it was on her E: drive...*

Kara~: AHAHAHAHAH I SAVED IT. *evil cackle*

Kara~: *blink*...*GASP!* I KNOW WHERE THAT PICTURE IS!

Criddious: Coming* ( can't believe i misspelled that D: )

Criddious: "Oh look glowing lights!" "No, those are just incredibly merciless gravistines comeing to rip us limb from limb." "Ah, i see... Time to run then?" "yes." ::Flee:::

S Mirror: Oh noes! D:

hi: hahaha!!

lacy: .... LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL- OLOLOL

Shen: I actually may have once drawn Ian in an apron married to Krystofer for someone's birthday. It shall never resurface.

PR: I recognized her....XD @_____@ you know what I just realized? That 3:30 in the morning is probably the worst time to make buscuits....and still, I make them....Yay stupidity! And I would so pay good money to see Ian in an apron....XD It's just no use! Us Ian fangirls need to be obsessive over the crazy ones!

Shen: thats Takis' wife, Delia. I didn't tone her this time so it may be hard to tell.

Beccaroni: Couldn't find them. <spam>I heart Merchant!</spam>

Beccaroni: I don't recognise he girl with Takis...? *goes to Characters*

Bates: Yeah, thats usually the face a man makes when a girl announces she's pregnant. I know my heart stopped for a second when my girlfriend thought it would be funny to say that to me.

Criddious: Haha, I love the look on krystofer's face when lydia says its his baby xD

Bates: So will "Lets needlessly kiss some Gravisons" become a silly reoccuring inside joke? Cuz it should

Shen: I'm so embarrassed. especially because I couldn't install my font on my work comp so I had to use comic sans.

Bates: XD I thought "kiss some gravisons" sounded strange

shen: WOW, I just caught a misspelling that changed an entire word.

shen: *does not remember most of her own past comics*

S Mirror: lol, "you mean it will never happen!!" XD

hi: haa ha haa!!!! this is so funny!!! for a second i believed it. taht first one takes the cake!

Kara~: Ooooooooh! Okay! I get it now. xD And Ian with a cupcake... with a cute little apron and a chef's hat... Dawww.

Bates: XD I was referencing how back in the day, Shen was prone to just really obsurd comics that ended in "j/k, lolz". Not her exact words, but you get the idea

PR: *Crawls back out of the fans, with bloody stick* Muwahahaha! XD I love the first panel....XD There should have been one of Ian going "I'm going to and make cupcakes for everyone!" XD

Kara~: Just for the fun of it Bates, don't ruin the comedic value. And yes! DA FANS! *dundundunduuuuun*

Bates: Since when does the mighty Shen need April 1st to make joke comics?

PR: Nuuu~ NOT THE FANS! But the psychosis is part of the attraction! XD

ra-ooo: Hey, my math book has a problem in it in which Aurora passes her Spanish test. I figured you all might like to know that.

Kara~: "I GOTE BETTA!" NAME THAT LINE! *throws PR to the fans and hides backstage with Ian* :3 <3~

Shen: you know he may be cute, but he also DID murder Zeil and attempt to rape Lydia. In case you forgot. Plus the whole "kill Lance" fixation.

PR: *waves now pointy covered stick about* Muahahaha! O_o Maybe I will! (gotta love it! LoTR was my favorite series growing up...movies=not quite as much win, but still up there)

Kara~: <_< WAAAAAAAA SHO CUTE!!! D: Iaaaaan! *threatens PR with a larger stick* You want him? COME AND CLAIM HIM! (Ahahah, LoTR reference.)

Shen: I suppose maybe I could have used the SFX "REALIZE!"

Criddious: lightening bolts to the temple are never a good sign. Must not be very pleasant either.

hi: heeeee!!! ian's so cute!!!!!!!

PR: O______________O He looks so innocent in the last panel....T_______T I want him! *waves big stick menacingly* I'll gladdly fight for him! XD

lacy: ShoWelp, as I said, welcome to use me as a sounding bored/whatever ^^

Shen: you can try, but he has a few fangirls who may fight you for him (including Aurora!)

PR: MY GODS! *drrols over Ian* Can I keep him?

Shen: crap, its Thursday. I need a page for tomorrow!! and I replied, Kara

Kara~: She~en, go check your Private Messages on the forums, preez. >_> ASAP, it's a tad bit important. <3 Danke.

Bates: YEAH AURORA GO FOR THE COCK! When good comics go HENTAIIIIII! XD

Kara~: His pants in that panel look super sexy too. Damnit, I want vinyl pants. :(

Kara~: ... I love the stunned expression of "Gyeh did she just lift my shirt?! Oh, bending torso... The ache... must... not... 'Aurora!'"

Kara~: n_n On a second note.... ZOMFGIANLOOKSSOGOODILOVEYOUSHEN!

Kara~: Yen has a point, but considering how much she adores him, would it matter to her? Ooooo, the plot THICKENS.

Beccaroni: Ian! Looking good 8D

Yen: Makes you wonder how Aurora would react if she knew some of the things Ian had done, so far she's only seen the good side, so it's hardly "villain love"?

Bates: Back! Comics are awesome! Also, I now own a Spider-Man shot glass, its awesome

Shen: crap, its starting. I hate this scene...

Jimmy: Awww, Ian!

hi: *squeals* sooooo cuuuuuute!!!!!!

Silver Mirror: maybe someday Ian will be on the good side

Nantalith: Heroes are made by the people that adore them. So if someone adored Ian (ahemAuroraahem), he could be a hero... though possibly not

Shen: well some girls are gonna like villains no matter what, so I still call it a win as long as no one thinks hes the hero.

Kara~: By the way Shen... D: You never answered my question on the forums about your maybe lack of attending SC.

Kara~: Even most villains aren't hated. I mean, look at Sephiroth from FF:7... WHO really hates him? But he WAS a villain. And Hojo. But Hojo is hot. <3

Shen: well hes meant to be a villain character so I'm glad at least somebody hates him, means I'm doin' it right.

Kara~: I always adore Ian. I've never hated him. Ahahaha, I'm strange. ;_; Poor Ian though, damn.

Beccaroni: Ian, is screwed up! DX Feel sorry for him once, then hate him the next.

Silver Mirror: poor Ian T_T

Shen: have fun!

Bates: Awww man, I was hoping to see the friday update before taking off to Florida. Oh well. Back Tuesday! So it'll be like getting two updates in a row!

lacy: awww

hi: hey! i have a deviant art account! my name's dream-whisper visit please!

Kara~: <_< I cringed a little at that last line. <3 Poor, loveable, crazy Ian

Bates: XD I figured but couldn't resist teasing a little

shen: I was going for escaping air, she really is supposed to be dead ^^;

lux_eterna: Maybe it's wrong of me but I find that last line HILARIOUS.

Bates: OH GOD! AIR BUBBLES, IAN! ALIVE! OH YOU POOR, DUMB BASTARD!

Naya: Hahahah..... Ribbit.

hi: it always makes me mad when family members screw up other family members. like when itachi ruined sasuke by killing the whole clan. poor poor ian! : (

Shen: Ian's life was just saved by that frog. For no reason other than I love drawing frogs.

Jimmy: There is something truly disturbing about that last line.

Kara~: ;_; Poor Ian...

Kara~: And FYI: PH is overall sexy. It's his torso, his creepy features... His SWORD. *shiver*

Kara~: That is, as they say "MmMmm, good", boys and girls.

Kara~: <_< Hey man, that band idea. We're making history here! "Girls Love Mentally Ill Men" with Ian as their cover boy.

Silver Mirror: aww Ian was such a cute kid

Snolaf: IANNN!!! CUTENESS!! Aws. I wanna cuddle him. I love how I haven't checked redallover for so long and now I get to read a whole bunch of new pages. w00t!

Nantalith: Romance? No thanks.

Naya: I now feel so sorry for Ian. Although I still doubt I'd get within 23 1/2Ft. of him by choice <<;;

Shen: Lydia is the only woman for Ian anyway. whether she likes it or not.

Beccaroni: Poor Ian! *sniff*

PR: XD Sorry, I already have waaay too many guys who want me....and I've got worse ones! MMm Mmm, multiple persona and biological psychosis!

Bates: Either a really bad emo band... or a really weird punk band that sings songs like "Pyramid Head is Sexy" and "Girls Love Mentally Ill Men"

shen: they would cover "Shot Through The Heart"... with a SYNTHESIZER!

hi: p.s. ian's cute.

hi: what kind of music would they play?

Bates: XD Ha ha ha! Should be a band name

Shen: shoutbox romance? XD

Bates: ... I'm DID, OCD, and probably a long list of other things, love me.

PR: XD Yes....*wags tail, waiting for next update) I just realized...I'm attracted to men with mental issues....O_________O

hi: who?

Bates: He does have that manly physique XD

PR: I love Ian! ...As psychotic as he is...XD

Shen: it may be weird, but she isn't alone, I've seen LOTS of PH fangirls. I think its his torso.

Bates: XD And Kara, I do enjoy a kooky girl, but when she's stating Pyramid Head sexy, that's just too far

Bates: Ehhhh, Ian isn't that disturbed. I've seen worse... course now you have kick it up a notch. Bam!

Kara~: I mean, you have ME for pete's sake... And Lacy, I like your style xD

Kara~: F*cked up is an understatement Bates. I would make your brain cringe in fear. <3 And Shen, your SURPRISED at the fans you attract?

hi: i actually think now ian is rising to my fav character list. poor thing...

Shen: well this is a comic that has Ian White as a character, I'm not too surprised what sort of people I attract ^^;

Bates: -_-;; Some f*cked up girls here

lacy: Oh pyramid head was scary, but he was damn sexy too

Shen: I shivered in FEAR, if that counts.

Kara~: His scariness is attractive... But then, am I the only girl here who shivered when Pyramid Head showed up in Silent Hill? >_>

Beccaroni: Baby Ian! Poor thing T_T

hi: i actually feel bad for ian. i mean, hes sooo cuuuute!! too bad he grew up and got phyco. he could have been more attractive (he is, but his scariness covers it up)

Nantalith: Back stories are cool.

Kara~: I agree. Good Ian drama, very satisfying to the readers. YAY UPDATES!

Silver Mirror: we haven't had any drama for awhile so its all good

Shen: sorry for the drama.

Jimmy: Ah, childhood trauma. Nothing like a good old backstory to lighten the mood.

Silver Mirror: T___T i feel bad for him sometimes

Bates: I'm guessing this is some pleasant flashback about Ian's happy childhood

Gilder: Ahhh... swamp burials. Nothing tragic about that.

Silver Mirror: lol XD

Musha: at least she thanked him :P

Bates: XD There you go. "Well, since you're all set up to sew anyway, fix this... b!tch"

Kara~: Ahahah... Poor Lance.

Shen: well God knows she can't sew, and as long as he has the needle out... XD

hi: he knows she loves him.

Bates: What a sweet sister she is. Might as well have been "Do my laundry, b****"

Kara~: *reads back a little further* ... Sawblade for a otaku's wet dream, hmn? Sounds nice. Get pictures. <3

Kara~: "Lance/Krystofer fangirl match"... I refuse to claim responsibility for that. IT WAS ALL SHENS FAULT! >_>;;;

Kara~: OMFGILOVEIAN. So crazy. Amirite? *swoon*

Shen: it should update on Tuesday.

Kelsey: Are you going to update again soon? =(

Bates: Oh yes, crazy face. First a twitchy eye, but you don't stop there, oh no, you kick it up a notch and make the other eye bugging out eye.

Shen: I like those joke comics, they amuse me to draw. As does Ian's crazy face. I LOVE DRAWING CRAZY FACE.

hi: he always looks cute. most of the time.

Ness: I love the puppy eyes in the last panel. He just looks so cute!

Nantalith: I'm amused by the picture of Vaas in the first panel - he is my favourite guy.

KMD: I am so amused by the picture of Ian in the first panel.

Bates: I can deal with that, thats fine. As long as its not like Lance/Krystofer fangirl match made in heaven kinda stuff. XD Like that joke comic you did a hundred years ago, I almost puked, thanks

Shen: ...well... maybe I should warn you then... I do have one gay character... so that may come up later...

Bates: Kara, just no. If Shen introduces yaoi into this comic, I'm done reading it. I'd rather lick a saw blade than read some otaku girl's wet dream.

hi: i think its cute how he doesnt know how to deal with women but tries anyway

Kara~: *drowns in the gutter*

Kara~: Interesting thought #1: If Lance knows nothing about women, but went to an all boys school, that would of course mean he knows a LOT about men, hmn? ;)

Bates: "Give birth, have breasts, b**** a lot... Professor, shouldn't there be more in this book than that? I mean its more like a pamphlet than a book"

Dirk: I bet the book he read was one of those ancient "All You Need to Know About Women" that was written in like the 17th Century, by monks ^_^

Beccaroni: Wahaha, poor Lance ^w^

Shen: I bet the books Lance reads are adventure stories where the damsels are always in distress.

Shen: CHECKING MY DEVART NOW.

Bronze: I love this comic. <3

Jimmy: I hope it's not the wrong kind of books.

Kara~: *SHOUTS* SHEN! Check your devART, preez.

Kara~: :O LOL, man-to-man with his sister. xD

Bates: This strip is hilariously true. Two members of my band go to an all-boys school and they're the biggest spazzy nerds ever.

Shen: and then there were bandits, like, earlier in the day. Lance hasn't made a habit of thinking first.

Silver Mirror: yeah, psychopaths assaulting her and her brother fighting for her honor

Shen: I think Lydia is starting to get a little wiped out from all the fighting recently.

Silver Mirror: I think Lance has a bitty crush maybeh ~_^

Jimmy: I'm starting to think a lot of these fights cannot be avoided.

Bates: Lance needs to slap a ho and put her in her place, damn yo. Lydia needs to understand, the more you avoid the fight, the more inevitable it becomes.

Zefert: Thanks for welcoming me; nice to see a comic that hasn't been abandoned

hi: welcome Zefert! also, i like the new page anyway! but i want to know what lance is going to say...

Shen: no tones, no time. sorry- stressed this month.

Zefert: I new fan!!!

Shen: crap. out of town- no Tuesday update. super sorry.

Silver Mirror: i think the tones look fine Shen

Shen: I so half-assed the tones on this page XD

hi: but hes sewing...

Musha: maybe Lydia is trying to tell Lance to come sit with them....?

Silver Mirror: Lance is anti-social XD

Silver Mirror: lol its okay Shen

Bates: Unless that's kinda their thing... says the artist formerly known as "No Wai!"

Shen: man what a bad drawing to forget to resize. No one needs to see Aurora's ass that big.

Shen: SORRY! SORRY!!!

lacy: someone forgot to resize?

Gilder: Ack! too big! too big!

Beccaroni: Looks cool, but can't c all of it. ^^;

AC: Wow. Now that's a huge-ass update.

Jimmy: ...That's a big update.

Silver Mirror: OMG BIG >.<

No Wai!: you might want to resize today's update

lacy: woot!

Shen: lacy the fanart you gave me in in fan creations now!

lacy: should color this one.. lol nice monocromes...

Silver Mirror: yeah whenever i see the name Lydia I think of your Lydia XD

Shen: that happens to me every time I hear the name of anyone in my comic! ^^;

hi: what is ian thinking? oh! my sisters writing a book, and she named one of her characters ian, and now every time i read her updates, i see this comic's ian's face. i told her, and she got freaked out(her ian is much much different)

Jimmy: HAWTsome. All I gotta say.

Silver Mirror: omg evil Ian -_-

Shen: CRAP, an *actual* emergency arose so I MIGHT not make tomorrow's update, either! I'll try, I have the drawing done...

No Wai!: I check even on days that aren't marked for updating, cuz I'm forgetful, so she'll still have me XD

Shen: augh, I know, I'll update tomorrow, even if its more filler.

Treat: To retain readership, there has to be something to read. If updates are irregular or greatly interspersed, then you lose the audience.

No Wai!: @Shen then I agree: Girls really are just weird :P

Musha: I love the glare from the to girls in the last pannel XD

Nantalith: Funny either way!

Shen: Genuine curiosity on Ivy and Lydia's part.

No Wai!: No, i get that. But what does it matter if thats Vaas's FIRST kiss?

lacy: Didn't you read the prior stuff? The way Lydia heals at the moment is through a kiss, it's how she's figured out how to tap into her second gen powers.. which should make things later alot of fun!

No Wai!: I still don't see what the big deal is if "that was his first kiss" or how that even REMOTELY relates to healing his arm

hi: i wonder what vaas is really tinking though. and he should have some idea of why they are staring

Shen: I don't think I'm gonna make my deadline tomorrow... I'll aim for Tuesday.

Silver Mirror: he made a "ick" face, with his tongue sticking out and appeared horrified XD

hi: what was his reaction again?

Silver Mirror: i think Krys would have given the same reaction he gave to her kissing Lance

Shen: I'm not certain Krystofer was there to witness the incident, I think just Ivy.

Jimmy: Krys still looks like he's fighting the urge to destroy Vaas.

Gilder: Vaas? First kiss? NO! Love'm and leave'm Vaas. Hide your women, here comes Vaas. Vaas the Unfettered... that's the kind of man Vaas is.

No Wai!: Vaas is a manly man! First-timer would never just go in for the kill! XD

S Mirror: yay!

lacy: LOL his first kiss! Well it obviously wasn't all that bad....... LOLOL

S Mirror: lol i hope she punches him XD

Shen: crap tomorrow is the last page, I'd better draw some more filler for Friday...

Jimmy: I love Vaas.

Stasia: Bow chica wow wow chica wow -- uh what? HEY. Haha, theme music.

lacy: LOL I love how she's all "oh.. wow.. what was that?" and then he's all 'what use are you?' LOL He really needs to learn that you have to LET the healer know ahead of time that you need healing... But this is more fun! WEEEE!

Shen: I think that last drawing of Lydia there in the bottom is possibly the greatest thing I've ever drawn.

S Mirror: lol if Vaas wasnt a jerk though i would have no reason to love him XD

hi: how insensitive vaas!

Beccaroni: Whahahahaha! Maybe it don't work if she's enjoying it. *wink winketc*

Shen: as the creator, I ship no pairings and all pairings at the same time- its really very strange. so I feel no guilt drawing whatever the hell I want! XD

Musha: honestly I don't know why you've been loosing readers. Whenever there's no update I go "awww" and think that something must have come up in your life that held you back. And then I wait excited for the update to come

lacy: lol love that.. And she likely doesn't realise he wanted healing or something like that.. lol, poor girl! He's a jerk, but a cute one!

lacy: I dunno about loosing readers.. maybe it's just one of those slow things, or the lenth of time between some of the updates...

Silver Mirror: she has to kiss them to heal them

Nantalith: Ha ha ha!

Gilder: You know she loves it.

Beccaroni: Does it have to be kissing to heal? or can she just touch them?

Stasia: Oh snap! Less a shock than Heath Ledger, but its a happy moment in dark time

I'm Special: lmao, I thought that Vaas was kissing Lance and was like "bwebhdwjkwbjkb wtf?!?!?! AHHHH! YAOI BAD! MEIN EYES, THEY BURN!" and then realized it was Lydia

Jimmy: I admit, I wish it was Krys.

Silver Mirror: omg Lance would kill him...Krrystofer would probably be O_O!!!

Shen: I'm a little embarrassed, lol! (and I can't help but wonder what Krrystofer would do- or hell, what LANCE would do.)

Silver Mirror: *dies* I <3 you shen! this is awesome

Silver Mirror: *squeal*

yay: for kiss

hi: i wonder how long itll take lydia to get fed up, with all these boys and her healing powers i mean

Silver Mirror: omg is it Tuesday yet? XD

Silver Mirror: WANT!! lol

Shen: in one page, somebody is going to know that I drew this comic for her! (I didn't intend for EVERYONE to see it!)

blue-pepi: Wow! Loving the comic so far! Keep it up

Silver Mirror: O_O i can see where this is going...cant wait for next page!!

Musha: Hi.. I just wanted to give some you (shen) some credit. I love your art ans your style, and so far you're doing a great job with the story to. seriously, I love your comic XD

Nantalith: That is so awesome - to sheath your sword in your hand :P

Silver Mirror: aww Vaas has a boo-boo...maybe Lydia will kiss it better? XD

Beccaroni: Mwahahaha! What hurts more? Your shoulder or your pride, Vaas! XD

Stasia: Shout! yeah <3

hi: hee hee.

Emily K: Stop hissing at your shoulder, Vaas, that's not going to make it stop bleeding any faster.

Shen: the next six pages of comic. I reserve my energy for non-filler.

hi: i know this probably sounds stupid and ignorant, but no ink for what?

Shen: NOOOOO INNNNNK

Shen: I should probably. I was just stretching for time.This page is much-needed filler, too.

Gilder: You should have a symbol like a little watermark for pages that aren't canon. that way if while writing the comic you think of a hilarious little omake or aside to the seriousness of a page, you can post it and people won't be all "WTF mate?"

hi: ill read it, and tell all of my comic geek friends to read it too!! not that its geeky...just my friends and me...yay red all over!!!

Shen: I won't stop drawing, I just want folks to read it!

Jimmy: I couldn't tell you how to keep readers besides keeping with updates, but you've already explained that. In case it helps, I love this comic, and definitely don't want to see it gone.

Nantalith: S Mirror: I sew well and I'm a girl. Shen: you are not going to stop ROA are you? Please don't - I've been reading almost from the beginning and would be upset.

Shen: I don't even know what an RSS feed it! ^^;

falco: Sadly I can't tell you anything USEFUL like how to actually make an RSS feed... never done it myself.

falco: Maybe an RSS feed would help keep readers. If a comic skips updates, I sometimes forget about it, which might be what happened tos ome people.

hi: what store are we going to?

Beccaroni: I don't think there's anything wrong with the story. You did have a long gap there, mebbe some ppl dropped off then?

Krystofer: OKAY I'M OUT OF CHICKEN ANYWAY

Kara~: I wanna go shopping!

Emily K: HEY KRYSTOFER! LET'S GO SHOPPING~!

S Mirror: i can sew really well and im a girl..but im the only one i know...its weird o.o

Stasia: Why is it that even in real life, boys are better are sewing dresses than girls? I try, but boy is better ._.

Shen: Lance makes terrible coffee. you'd do better to ask Krystofer.

Emily K: Lance should go make me some coffee. >:/

Shen: lol. some comics I draw just for ME.

Kara~: SHOUT! SHOUT! LET IT ALL OUT! THIS IS THE COMIC WE DREAM ABOUT~

Blaze!: OMG SHOUTBOX! ...What's going on?

Silver Mirror: wut

Emily K: What the hell?

hi: FMA is awesome too!!!! eds hot and so is roy. i still need to finish watching that. this new page is confusing me!!! but i get the thread metaphor.

Nantalith: HI: Yeah, Full Metal Alchemist - FMA.

Beccaroni: Merchant! Yeyeyeyey! XD

Emily K: I sure will. Om nom nom.

Shen: I HAVE NO TUESDAY UPDATE. Enjoy Merchant some more.

S Mirror: makes me wonder if he has unspoken motives <.< hmmm

Shen: Yes, Merchant is half Graviston. Makes things interesting, doesn't it? =D

hi: nantalith: yeah. ian scares me but i love him anyway. in this, i would have 2 say my favorite is chris. vaas is awesome. and, by FMA u mean fullmetal alchemist, right?

S Mirror: Question though. Isn't Merchant a halfblood? Half Graviston and half Ereidan?

Jimmy: I like him. We should see more of him.

S Mirror: Oooh I like Merchants outfit

Shen: Mousie: Cursing is unbecoming!

Nantalith: HI: My guys in this or Naruto? In RAO, I adore Vaas and Ian is pretty cool - crazy though. RAO and FMA are the two manga I hunger for.

hi: and i like the note by lance that says u were tired when u drew that. i love ur comic too!!!!

hi: hi emily k! i love your comic!!!!!!!!!

Mousie: Scan the s*** I drew for you!

Mousie: ythgbTIMEFORFILLERNOW

falco: Merchant!! YAY

Emily K: MERCHANT MERCHANT MERCHANT

hi: oh, and nantalith, who r your guys?

hi: vaas doesnt like ivy. but dont worry! i do! yaaay awesome comic!!!!

Nantalith: Cool page.

Nantalith: HI: You're right! I completely forgot about that. I'm terrible - I tend not to remember story lines that don't have my guys in them :p

Snolaf: Whoa. Sweetness. A shoutbox! Great comic. Love it, love it, love it. I miss Ian, though. T.T

hi: cool! the smilefaces show up!!!

hi: oh! tsunade was afraid of blood in naruto, but she got over it when they fought orochimaru and kabuto. lance is hot too. yay! a new character!! shes awsome.

Nantalith: Oops - will control my language in future posts - sorry.

Nantalith: That is a s*** phobia for adventuring but I've never come across in a manga before - awesome.

Gilder: Vaas isn't mean, he just sees things in a far more grounded way then "let's run off to adventure!" like everyone else seems to.

hi: hello!!! this is my first entry! yay! *does first entry dance* i think chris is falling 4 ivy. hes hot. yaaay chat box!!!!!!

Shen: Ivy was actually the first character I created for this comic.

Jimmy: New addition to the team?

musha: update.. YAY XD thank you *bow my head in thanks*

Musha: Will you update today?

Shen: whoops, forgot to update...

Beccaroni: He's never gonna let her live that down... now she just has to find what he's afraid of...

Silver Mirror: aww. vaas is kinda mean lol

Jimmy: He is way too excited about that.

Shen: Vaas is not above using somebody's weakness to gain an advantage over them, or to amuse himself.

Silver Mirror: lol Lydia is chewin him out

Emily K: Is Vaas going to be a dick now and wave the bloody knife in her face?

Shen: TIMES UP. NO MORE GUESSES.

Nantalith: Yeah, coz he's sexy.

Shen: plus Vaas is pretty intimidating all on his own.

S Mirror: maaaybe

lacy: I would think someone holding a bloodied knife in ones face would make anyone squimish

Shen: Lydia feels no need to involve herself.

S Mirror: yeah thats it, hemophobia good point, where is our dear "psychobait"? lol

Jimmy: Is Lydia just hanging out in all this? I'm loving Vaas.

Emily K: Hemophobia?

Shen: =)

Silver Mirror: Is Ivy afraid of blood? what is that called again...

Nantalith: Awesome! Vaas is the best.

Shen: todays tones brought to you by Mangastudio in place of Computones. Thats very important.

Silver Mirror: nope...sept Lydia in my crack world XD

Emily K: Vas doesn't like women. >:/

Shen: You know I updateses on Tuesdays and Fridays. you wait one more day!

lacy: *pokes* update? I'm not shouting.. *bats lashes* I'll draw pretty pitters

Shen: I think hes actually just giving Ivy a nickname but come to think of it, knowing what I know...

S Mirror: Vaas knows everyone, he must be really good with faces (he knew who Aurora was and this "Duchess")

Meridan: Well, then, we need to see more Merchant to prove his awesomeness, no?

Shen: I think Merchant is jealous that Vaas is replacing him as "favorite besides Ian"

Silver Mirror: Merchant/Vaas...XD

Ilvack: I'm thinking Sylar and Vaas for a crack pairing.

Shen: That is a very impressive crack pairing there.

Meridan: Such as Sogeking/Lydia...

Meridan: Oooh! The magical land of fanfiction, where anything can happen!

ami: vaas now! vaas forever!

Shen: in the magical land of fanfiction, they are already hooked up.

Meridan: Sooo......when are Vaas and Krystofer going to hook up?

Nantalith:

Shen: Huuuungry eyeeeees.... I feel the magic betweeeeeen you and IIIII....

Silver Mirror: omg chatbox XD update FTW!!

Emily K: Run while you can, Ivy! He's got the hungry eye!

Donkringel!: Yay! updates!

lacy: yeah! finaly!

Shen: hey look I updated. And only about ten hours late!

Shen: YOU CAN'T PROVE NOTHIN'.

Emily K: I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE.

Merchant: Shes a Photoshop Hero! Got Stars in her eyes!

Lord Acon: Boo yah!

Ilvack: Yeah! What he said!

B. Matt: Yay! UPDATE MORE!

Shen: BOOYAH

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