The Out-Of-Placers #85 (Repost)
Added 2018-12-30 00:55:11 +0000 UTCPictured above: a massive, nearly-brainless cargo behemoth, known to various local peoples as kargurhevd, hauler-crabs, osseous rex, and most often "those big slow things that drop a million stinking eggs every couple months."
Their forward crawl is only slightly faster than a human's brisk walking pace, but they continue moving forward as they sleep, require relatively little daily nutrition for their size, and contain a great many (mostly) sterile water-bladders, which expert handlers can funnel a tap into, making them essentially a giant walking fresh water container.
They drink salt water and filter it through their systems, so while they are very useful along coastal regions with little to no fresh water, their specializations make them far too expensive to raise and employ in most other types of environments. Some are kept as curiosities by nobles.
Reposted because I forgot a couple o' things!
Thanks as usual to Raptie for handling the character coloring and shading on this page.
Comments
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Jaws18301
2019-01-01 16:14:05 +0000 UTCI like this level of world-building
Simone Spinozzi
2018-12-31 23:17:11 +0000 UTCThe world building on the cargo crabs blurb is fantastic. Honestly the world building is a big deal to me.
Faraday Cage
2018-12-30 23:56:06 +0000 UTCIs that incense thingy the Val Salian equivalent of Wunderbaum? (Sorry, this comment was deleted with the former post.)
2018-12-30 22:18:03 +0000 UTCSince I reset the number after the prologuey section, it's actually at 123!
Val Salia
2018-12-30 19:55:10 +0000 UTCOh that's just one of the regular gulf-going cargo ships, always some trade going on at the docks!
Val Salia
2018-12-30 19:53:41 +0000 UTCHaha yeah; just caught that last stray "th" this morning!
Val Salia
2018-12-30 19:51:08 +0000 UTCI tell ya, rehab enough birds and you get that motion hardwired into your brain
Val Salia
2018-12-30 19:50:26 +0000 UTCI'll be keeping a close eye on that; wanna make sure people aren't charged for anything I haven't done the work on!
Val Salia
2018-12-30 19:49:42 +0000 UTCKass is a lucky girl rat stork thing
Val Salia
2018-12-30 19:48:49 +0000 UTCNONE SHALL EVER KNOW
Val Salia
2018-12-30 19:44:28 +0000 UTCOnly 15 pages to 100
Jaws18301
2018-12-30 18:15:06 +0000 UTCIt looks more like the Maelstrom than the Wraith to me -- the Wraith always had a slightly bird-like outline, with the long pointed nose and wide wing-like sail.
Darth Pseudonym
2018-12-30 15:20:27 +0000 UTCIt's an interesting design, sort of reminds me of some of the ships from Spelljammer, or the Wraith from The Pirates of Dark Water with added outriggers.
steelabjur
2018-12-30 10:55:59 +0000 UTCReposted comment: Even more than their loyalty to each other, the complete open honesty of Kass and Elim's friendship is one of my favorite things about this story. Also, thank you for preemptively answering the SO MANY QUESTIONS I had about the cargo behemoth, but now I have almost as many about that mysterious boat behind it.
Chrysalis
2018-12-30 02:13:16 +0000 UTCZhat Kargurhevd and zhe distant but approaching trimaran look like zhey could be right at home on one of Roger Dean's classic Yes album covers & sleeves! It looks like Kass & Elim have made zhe town limits, but zhey may still be some ways away from zhe gates of Zhe Teezh. Will zhey make it zhrough zhe gates before Brakka & Co arrive? Or are zhey already lying-in-wait in a dark alley along zhe way? As for "helping" Elim feel better, Kass could go to zhe baker, and scav out on bread & biscuits until she hoarks. Which should only take barely a nibble. But zhen, zhere's zhe chance she may run into Zhe Oracle while zhere. No no, our Sopretty Lady should stay far far away from zhe bakery! On zhe repost, I had to do a side-by-side to find a change. So far, I only see zhe badge. But I zhink zhere might be anozher zhing to change zhough, zhe "though" in zhe first panel.
Zhe Missing Drake
2018-12-30 02:12:39 +0000 UTCIt's a minor thing, but you really got the Yinglet walking down. Really looks like you can see the implied bobbing up and down in the Ying stride, which is really cool in a still image. Awesome work Val!
ArcadeDragon
2018-12-30 01:43:23 +0000 UTCOh nvm. Though I think it made me pay once more? "Paid for by patreons"
Werzy
2018-12-30 01:35:38 +0000 UTCWhy repost?
Werzy
2018-12-30 01:34:30 +0000 UTCyour characters in your comics turn me on, would i do Kassen?, YES
Thatdude1945
2018-12-30 00:58:50 +0000 UTC
