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Watch it Nick… your overconfidence is showing.
Surrender?
How many “r’s” are you using there big guy?
Nice drama, so, when do we get to see the sword?
“I do not know the meaning of the word surrender, can’t you tell from my clearly confused face?”
So many critics… 😛
And looks like you still get to draw the rain… even when they’re inside!
Hmmmm… Sounds like famous last words to me…
“Surrender? Very well, I accept.”
Hahaha! 😀
Nice.
For some reason I thought the sun was coming out from the light on Alexander’s face. Must be coming from the door behind Nick.
So insert funny quip from Alex here and que Boss fight music. Hope Alex has a good Reflex save for that breath weapon. haha
And it’s usually those kings who boast of impregnable walls, that watch in shock as the walls come down and are breached.
like! and, may I add, “DEATH FIRST!”
Alexander has been awfully calm the last few pages. I don’t know if that’s shock, or if he’s actually matured some. I’m sure tomorrow will tell.
“My army? Oh, them. They’re the distraction.”
Does this mean that Nick has the Guardians?
If so why can’t Will use the Heart of Kandrakar so they can bust themselves out? (was anyone thinking that besides me?)
*raises hand with guilty grin*
Me, but *ssshh!*
Maybe W.I.T.C.H. don’t have the Seal of Phoboes yet?
Yeah, it seems to still render in the scene. Hopefully not as taxing on his rendering machine as the fully-outdoors scenes.
“Surrender?! But I didn’t even get to smack anything with my sword yet!”
Hmmmm.. this is getting interesting. Though I think Alex should have more of a “whatchou talking about willis?” look on his face. 🙂
“Is this it? Is this all you can conjure, Alexander?”
–twisted Theoden quote at Helm’s Deep 🙂
Nick, perhaps you suffered for not having human kings for the past 600 years. This scene is making me think of James Bond and Alex will somehow someway take your boasting and shove it down your throat.
Nic: “Surrender!”
Alex: “You mean you wish to surrender to me? Very well, then, I accept!”
Why is it that Princess Bride quotes can be used in just about every situation? It’s so much fun!!!
Very appropriate!
See this would be the ideal time where the sniper with the smuggled in dream rifle caps Nick using those BIG open windows.
Game over
Roll credits.
*sighs*
But I guess we are gonna have to do it the old fashioned way.
I tried to say “Very appropriate” twice, but for some reason WordPress is ignoring my posts…
I can’t tell by your comment if you understand or not that Scott has to manually draw the raindrops. Thankfully, he uses a custom Photoshop brush for that, but AFAIK, in relation to the rain, there is no “rendering” involved.
Nic looks epic in the last panel. I can imagine Alex saying something like “Of course they can! I’m the main character, my side is invincible!” but that’s just my silly thinking.
Much like! 😀
Wow. That darn rain must be annoying. I guess it’s better right now since you don’t have to make it look like they’re wet anymore.
Also; Where have I heard this before? It was mentioned above as “Famous Last Words.” Which, is indeed, correct.
Sorry Nick-o, see you in the dungeon. Or… something equally resricting.
Well, y’know, maybe some good will come out of Nick.
I think he’s not actually a bad guy, I believe he had good -no- fantastic intentions; but they’re not visible to the people of Dreamland hence they are not considered.
I like Nick for what he is, I suppose without all this King/Human King business Nick would make an awesome King.
I believe he feels he has the obligation to force Dreamlander’s into subjection because of the previous human king’s attempt to join Dreamland to the Human realm.
Of which Nick wasn’t so pleased to discover.
I’d figure, in the end, Nick is a good guy. He probably believes other Dreamlander’s/Humans will try to make this connection between worlds again.
The fabled Nightmare realm will be loose and cause havoic. I don’t know if it’s actually worth the trouble.
If Alex and Orion find a way to connect the worlds and the Nightmare realm is free to do as they please to both; what will happen? What can they do?
Will the joining of these realms be worth the risk?
Oooo, you’re so good Mister Sava, so very, very good at this.
Of course, I’m that weird reader who always thinks too much about things. 😛
Don’t forget to vote, people!
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Hmm… Alex looks so dazed… maybe he’s still in shock? I would’ve definitely expected a more “WhAt?!?!” reaction like some others commented yesterday!
Hmmm..I feel a Deus Ex Machina coming up…
There must be a point to the rock-people pounding the inner city, and not the walls.
A classic siege would need to breach the walls first, as Nic already states….they are certainly not doing that. Nope, they keep lobbing rocks over the walls…. Combine this with Alex’ unflappability in the last pages since Ol Nic”s appearance, makes me feel there is some smart “Daniel trickery” afoot.
I think that the “no wall breach” confidence of Nic will soon face the “for heaven’s sake…hit something!” plead of Nastajia and the “Gotcha!” answer from Paddington…
I suspect there is smart Daniel trickery afoot, alright.
The question is whether Daniel was tricky enough to anticipate the Nightmare Realm folks listening in when he was describing his plan to Nicole and thus set old Nick up for an even bigger surprise.
If not, then it will be up to Alexander to “call an audible” (as they say in American football) and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
“Just like the time I said to the wraiths (when the audience wasn’t watching) that there would never be some who cut the scales around my eye with the sword of kings!”
Seriously, I can’t be the only one who’s guessed Nic has no idea he’s already wrong (and has been since the opening volley.) Then it’s on to phase two…
“Your overconfidence is your weakness.”
“Your faith in your friends is yours!”
How could Alex possibly surrender… Nic’s breath alone appears to have him nearly passed out in panel 3. 😉
Why would the wraiths have stopped Arthur from making the connection then? If any thing, the wraiths would have helped Arthur them selves in that situation rather than side with Nic.
Anyone else notice the rain seems to be falling at a horizotal angle in panel 4?
Maybe they’re lobbing rock people all curled up into balls
I was thinking the same thing. Especially since he is standing there where we can clearly see the window to see the rock come flying in.
Hold on, let me wake up and ask my brother what that word means. I’m not good with big words, but he is, so just give me a couple minutes, okay?
“I got news for you, Nic: two of us are already past your wall… that you know of.”
And when the walls finally crumbles Nic will say “INCONCIEVABLE!”
LOL
Scott, are we to understand that the Elven tablet too has been found and destroyed by Nicodemus?
It was hidden quite well, but if Nic got close enough with the amulet in hand, he could of course smash the whole wall.
But it has not been written anywhere that it has, at least not that I can recall.
Same goes with the underwater Mer-people’s tablet – not said to have been destroyed.
Do the fairies also have (ahem, HAD 🙂 ) a tablet?
Just now caught up. Great story!
Excellent timing!
Yup….
http://thedreamlandchronicles.com/the-dreamland-chronicles/page-1013/
Thank you!
And welcome!
🙂
Lol!
ALways reminds me of this…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvxDye9HG5g
WHOA!?! The last two panels on 1013… and the first two on 1014…??? They are totally new to me! How could I miss them, but have read the rest???
Must have gone senile… Alzheimerich… or… dang, I’ve forgotten what its called… 😉
?!?
On the GOOD side: WOW! Two half new pages EXTRA for me today! Thanks for the link!
Perhaps. My meaning is really that Nick would do anything to keep Dreamland safe and not risk the Dreamlander’s because their human king wanted to share the two worlds.
Nick would make a deal, with the Nightmare realm kept at bay rather then running loose all across Dreamland.
There’s a difference between making a deal for power, a deal for protection, and a deal for secrecy. I think Nick made a deal for protection, he thinks he’s doing what’s right, but from a different point of view; it’s wrong.
So eh, let’s see what happens! I’m seriously anxious for more! You’re doing an awesome job Scott, so few comics have kept so many people reading.
“You keep using that word…..I do not think it means what you think it means….”
Sick kid at home.
Sorry if I’m a bit late with the update today…
Will try to get it to you ASAP.
Hope your little one gets well soon, Scott!
Ditto–kids, sick or not, are important.
So basically, you are saying that Nic’s position is that “what I told you was true, from a certain point of view” and that “you will find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view.”
All I can say is that Alex needs to be careful how he deals with Nic… after all, “Many that live deserve death. Some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Alex? Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends. My heart tells me that Nicodemus has some part to play yet, for good or ill before this is over. ”
😛
Um. Stab him? Stab him? He’s RIGHT THERE! STAB HIM!
only 2
“Surrender? I don’t know what that word mean! Actually, I know the general concept, I’m not an idiot, I just don’t do it”. Hell yeah.
Maybe you can tell me how to change my avatar?
Nick seems like he only wants good.
If you’ve played things like “Dragon Age”, it’s the same as when Loghain betrays the King and the Wardens. He does it because he thoroughly believes it is the only way to save his home.
Or in “Mass Effect 2” The Illusive Man doesn’t hate other species, he simply believes that humans have more to offer the galaxy then they are being allowed to by the overlystrict political system of the Citadel.
Though he does spite some to a degree, he ignores his own feelings of other species and works to give humans a higher role in the galaxy besides then “just another alien.”
If you haven’t, basically it’s what Nick said beforehand. He fears for his homeland, if it is threatened he will do everything in his power to defend it. Even if it makes him an enemy.
And, I agree. Play it safe Alex! Nick’s a massive fire-breathing dragon with an entire army at his command. I’d say, it’ll be touch and go here for awhile. 🙂
“Your army shall never breach Astoria’s walls.”
*CRASH!*
“I really should keep my big mouth shut…”
Love Nic’s pose in the final panel. There’s something archetypal about it (which I always say about Nic, but well, it’s true!). Everything about him speaks of power and control.
Fell out of bed feeling down. This has bgrhiteend my day!
Keep talking, dragon…