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Chap 17 Early Pages - PG11

Questions on both ends.

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Chap 17 Early Pages - PG11

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I always forget just how little Raz got to know about Sulvain back then... But thank you Sulvain for making it clear our (and your) beloved Star Boi is well and truly alive 🥹

Mangsney

OMG Razzmatazz!! 🤣🤣🤣

Mangsney

Oh, long haired Raziol owns my soul. I hope he still has Sulvain's cloak🥺

Kaiotee

Based on how long Sulvain has had that cloak (even all the way back to the 1100s) I’m betting it has some sort of charm on it to help preserve it. I get the feeling Raziol kept it too. 😆❤️ If he did, Sulvain will probably feel really touched. That cloak has a long history, almost as long as his own, and I’m sure it’s precious to him. I have a theory that it was given to him by his master after he was raised from the dead, and that Udaya eventually embroidered it for him. 🥰 I went back, and he’s wearing the cloak with his crusades armor, BUT it hasn’t been embroidered in that picture. And KaiJu mentioned the pattern is an Indian design, and we know Sulvain has always loved embroidery from the bonus comic. I can’t wait to see more of his backstory. 💕

saltandcookies

I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT TODAY 😭 about a scene where he take it out and give it to him back. But it's probably so fragile it's not wearable anymore. I mean if it is wearable I won't complain too. We have a vampire and undead I won't be telling that a cloak surviving 300 years is too unrealistic 😂

Sas (Milo's studio insulation funds)

Could Sesam's wings be on the back??? Or would that be too busy?

Bekahbookwyrm

I just heard Absol, like the pokemon 😂 https://photos.app.goo.gl/8T1qqqDhr48e9gFU9

Bekahbookwyrm

DOES OUR DEAR RAZZMATAZZ STILL HAVE SULVAIN'S CLOAK???

Bekahbookwyrm

I had forgotten Raziol didn't know

Zeth

I really like the picture of raziol at the bottom

Ethan Davey

Raziol with long hair. My heart skipped a beat💗 Why is he so pretty KaiJu?

Meliz Art

I'm looking at this page again and I reallllyyy want to show you the dress I found the other day. I already removed the bow and if only it was gold, but I'm excited anyway (it's again uploaded on our discord server so the link is long and looks scary) https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/593168515201105940/1334133783343140956/IMG20250129130113.jpg?ex=67ccdca8&is=67cb8b28&hm=129ef1f49e26863e0e1a2bbf9c5bd2264a0075128e282a4c9fe779c903249849&

Sas (Milo's studio insulation funds)

Just as I was getting used to seeing Raz with short hair, that last panel hit me. He looks absolutely gorgeous. I am so happy that they've finally reunited and they're slowly beginning to talk things out. They have a long way to go but I'm excited to see how things go!

Lunar

Vampire Zombie boyfriends 😚

digitalglitter

Sul, sweetie, you need to do a little bit better communicating dear. Our starboy doesn't understand fully what you are and how you still live. You'll have plenty of opportunities to talk about other things now that you two have a literal eternity together 😗

Roedii

I’ve reread the entire series so far probably about 10 times 😭

simquall

Oi! Stop freaking your forever boyfriend out by not explaining things properly Sulvain!!! Granted I doubt anyone knows about what Ras's mom did to save his life, which is what probably saved him from going off the rails with Kitty Venom. But still. You gotta chill out and actually make sense my little zombie child.

Eibhlin Brennan

Fr im about to start my rereading for like the 3rd time. 👀

OdacioChoco

😂 you’re welcome 🦴

Atlanas E. Kildarin

He’s not used to be talking about this with anyone. Surprised literally anyone knows what happened after he’s spent 303 years hiding it. It must feel so exposing and raw

Lee

I think it had to do with the artifact Hargrave used on him too. It weakened his powers a lot, which was Hargrave’s intention. He said some of the effect lingered, and it even made it difficult for him to fight the other necromancer in the woods. So maybe he couldn’t sense them consistently or from as far of a distance as usual.

saltandcookies

S: Was this The Creature? R: oh, you mean Kitty? S: ..what R: Her name is super hard to pronunce so I'm calling her Kitty S: 👁️👄👁️

Sas (Milo's studio insulation funds)

Does reincarnation works in this world 🤔🤔 hmmm

Sas (Milo's studio insulation funds)

Sulvain gets paid a lot for his necromancy services, and he doesn't eat, so he wouldn't have a lot of ongoing expenses...

Juliette Wade

I mean, I think you're right, but I don't think that was a lie. I think he's literally spent hundreds of years looking for Raziol in every face he sees, even though he was certain Raziol was dead.

Juliette Wade

Atlanas, thank you for that image!

Juliette Wade

I'm thinking gold braid would be amazing.

Juliette Wade

WITH GOLD THREAD

Nekochan

Hey there no shame in that game! I hope you recover soon!!

Missiek43

I assume the ligelumes sensing may be distance sensitive and you can't just easily tell which are who's (since he didn't know who's they were and figured out it was Raziol from the cloak) And perhaps in a stress of dying they are easy to pick up? "Louder" almost?

Sas (Milo's studio insulation funds)

Every time there is a leigelumes panel I get so excited, I really struggle with that type of linework and y’all make it look so effortlessly elegant

S Mcnamara

Currently recovering from and injury and so the reread is becoming a very frequent activity 😅🫣

S Mcnamara

I see that Raz is processing the info, but I don't feel like he is ready to tell the all truth about himself🦁🦇

Iselin

But it's such a good word and makes so much sense! Patricia C. Credentials used something similar in her Enchanted Forest Chronicles series. Like if The Force was tangible and could be tugged and pulled like invisible strings to make magic happen. Very cool concept.

Emily Rochester

I'm excited to explore more of KaiJu's spin on vampires! If Sulvain sensed a traditional vampire, it would probably feel very similar to himself. But Raz feels very much alive to him, and he never actually died to be reanimated. Can't wait to learn more about this!

Emily Rochester

SAME

Sang Steppenwolf

Oh yeah, Raziol wouldn’t know Sulvain knew about Kitty! Or that Sulvain killed the one who did this to him, let alone *how* he killed him. (Giant smoking pile of bones some poor church caretaker saw and said, “Whaaaaat?! I’m not paid enough for this!!!” 😱)

Atlanas E. Kildarin

Oh my God Sang. Now I'm wrecked.... 😭

Missiek43

I know, I kept thinking about how that nice suit was ruined in the ruckus and it made me sad. SO fashionable. (Where did Sul get the money to drop for it, anyway...? 🤔)

Emily Rochester

So I had this terrible thought in my head pop up, and if I have to suffer I'm taking people down with me. "When I saw you in the church, I feared it's effect would claim you in time. But you live." So he sent Raziol away, with the promise that he would try to find him should he wake... all with that idea in mind. That promise was a lie, regardless of him not knowing how long he'd be asleep. Sulvain crying as he watched him leave wasn't just because of uncertainty. He was under the impression that Raziol would die anyway.

Sang Steppenwolf

I’ve seen it! That would be so cute!

homebody_adventurer

OMG Raziol in the suit Sulvain bought him.....and his long hair! 😭

Missiek43

Immediately

Missiek43

What if Raziol somehow kept Sulvain's journal?! OMG I would scream and cry and be so happy. (Even though to may be rotting at this point, I don't care)

Missiek43

Do we need to put them both in the "get along shirt"? (Have you seen that where a Mom shoved two siblings in a giant shirt and made them stay that way until they quit fighting?)

Missiek43

OMG if you sell them I will chuck my wallet at you....TAKE my money, please.

Missiek43

Yessss do you ever just get so excited to reread Novae with all the new updates? Like all of this is going to flow so nicely when we can read it all at once .....and by all at once I mean spend the entire day neglecting everything and binge reading. 🫣😂

Missiek43

KaiJu said he switched to English after he called Sulvain's name because that's the language he's used to speaking at the moment.

Missiek43

The Abs!!! Absziol!!! Raziabs... Cough... What were we talking about about again?! 😂

Missiek43

Can Sulvain sense Raziol's ligelimes now?! I remember when Raziol "died" Sulvain saw them stretched thin, to the point of breaking, then he couldn't sense them anymore. What happened that he can see them now? Was he just panicked and unable to connect to him back then?

Missiek43

Sulvain never told him about the necromancy, only that he can talk to spirits. So it's a big "what the fuk babe" moment for him probably xD

Sas (Milo's studio insulation funds)

Sulvain you have to understand that you are giving no answers and rising more questions for poor Raziol Also lore drop Raziol is alive 💕 I suspected this because of the abs/metabolism Raziol will realise Sulvain is literally dead in few moments.. oh god..

Sas (Milo's studio insulation funds)

Is Raziol speaking in English, or French?

Emewyn

I suspect "ligelumes" is specialized magoi terminology and he wouldn't expect Raziol to know it.

Juliette Wade

Agreed! Especially if it were done with couched embroidery rather than printed. I may have a craft project in my future...

Juliette Wade

It's hard to know what Raz is responding to, but that could conceivably be a "Wait, honey, are you dead?" moment.

Juliette Wade

Omg that would be such a cool hoodie design, saltandcookies!!

Alyssa

Right?? I feel like these would make such a cool hoodie design. 10/10. Would wear.

saltandcookies

Agjfjgkg I really wanna read the next page already! I’m so curious as to what raz’s explanation is.

OdacioChoco

I’m curious to learn if Sulvain is calling them “life threads” instead of “ligelumes” to make it easier for Raziol to understand, or if there was a change to the language over time. Or maybe it’s just the literal signed interpretation?? Also that last panel of Raziol is so frickin’ gorgeous! And his eyes when Sulvain brings up the creature! 💔💔 We know he was researching starkitty a little back in the library and maybe now can at least get a few more answers about what happened to him. And Sulvain, of course!! Ahhh I’m loving ALL of this!

Alyssa

Ooo, that’s a good point! That was a pretty big bomb for Sulvain to drop and just move on from. Based on the way the conversation has been going so far, it might shift back to the questions he has for Sulvain rather than answers to the ones Sulvain asked. I think it’s also possible that Raziol is shocked Sulvain knows about the creature. He wasn’t there when Sulvain killed Luc and sealed the creature away, and I can’t remember if Hargrave mentioned anything in front of them. He also doesn’t know Sulvain had been investigating it before it attacked him. I guess we’ll find out tomorrow. 🥰

saltandcookies

Oh wait, it doesn’t even look like Raziol’s is looking at Sulvain or his hands in that third panel. 😦 So he might not even be focusing on the signs. Is he still hung up on what Sulvain said a moment ago?

Atlanas E. Kildarin

I love the design you chose for the life threads! Making them look like they flow along both the skeleton and organs? Just muah beautiful.

Jay Parker

🥲

Jay Parker

I am really hoping so.

Juliette Wade

Sulvain, I’m going to need you to be the one to answer his questions right now. There’s a LOT about your makeup that he does not understand. 😅

Brooke

STAHP 😻 I LOVE IT

Nicole Jones

I bet they kept each other's Buddhas. I would love if they had also kept the capes.

Juliette Wade

I knew it!!! Raziol’s life threads never fully snapped! That’s probably how he could tell Sulvain’s lips felt cold at the masquerade—because he’s still warm and alive. 🥹 (Not all vampires are!) I hope the hints Sulvain just dropped are enough for Raziol to make the connection that Sulvain is undead—although it would be even better if Sulvain explained it to him. Maybe we’ll get some more backstory?

saltandcookies

You boys better sit right there until you talk it allllllllllllllllllllll out. I mean it.

homebody_adventurer

ive always thought of myself as a patient person, but a whole day is somehow SO LONG🥺🥺😭😭

Kass

eternally alive x eternally dead trope my beloved

Fond Phantom

also that subtle sulvain’s cape comeback……………… the biggest question is whether they kept each other’s capes. please. i need to knoW.

Fond Phantom

I think he’s realizing it too!

Atlanas E. Kildarin

Honey maybe you should explain yourself a bit more before you start asking him questions

Annika

Is Raziol suddenly realizing something in the third panel? “What does he mean? My life threads are not like his because mine are alive?” Did Raziol just realize that Sulvain isn’t alive??? I don’t think they ever discussed life threads together though, so maybe he’s just remembering the bite.

Atlanas E. Kildarin

I am so here for them to finally have this talk because it was gonna have to happen sooner or later. The truth comes out in the open!

simquall

OMG I can't wait to see what Raziol has to say to that!!

Ty Waldrop

I love the look of sudden realization on Raziol's face...

Juliette Wade

sulvain that was not a very good explanation buddy 😭😭

shy

Youre both immortal cuz ur nerds lol love u guys

Livi

Please, please, please!!! Let the next several pages be a backstory/explanation of how Raz survived the bite and of Sulvain explaining his condition exactly.

Brannen

Raz is like whatchu talkin bout Willis?

Em

SULVAIN YOU BETTER TELL HIM THE TRUTH OR I SWEAR TO THE GODS I'LL RIOT AND POKE YOU IN THE EYE!

Sang Steppenwolf

GOD I NEED AN ANIME OF THIS

Nekochan

Ask him the questions, Raziol! I bet he'll answer them! (I hope hope hope so!)

Juliette Wade

So gorgeous. Ethereal. Imagine an anime of this, yall. Incredible

Lee

VAMPIRE KITTY RAZ

Nekochan

Ahh these are all the questions we had!!! Thank you!!!!

Lee


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