December 10th, 2012

This is going to be the best adventure, I can feel it.

Vote for Runewriters, and this time you get a silly doodle with a bit of conversation from the ride.



Vote Incentive for This Comic.

Comment by rainycity1

I blew this page up as big as I could, and it still looks like the zombie pony is saying "...graains...."

which I suppose is only reasonable...

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posted at 11:01pm on December 10th, 2012

Reply by Nziz

I'm pretty sure it's "groo" or "grao," but I like your version better. :)

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posted at 11:08pm on December 10th, 2012

Reply by Tehbeefer

I laughed. Also, deadpony gets to come too, yay!

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posted at 11:53pm on December 10th, 2012

Reply by Shazzbaa

You have to know that this cracked me up.

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posted at 8:26pm on December 12th, 2012

Comment by Kiri

I laughed out loud at Sev's last two lines there. Aaaaa, best adventure, coming up!

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posted at 11:02pm on December 10th, 2012

Comment by Ryan S

Jordan is in no position to relay what Severant is saying to her, unless he knows sign language.

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posted at 1:27am on December 11th, 2012

Reply by Riverfox237

Sure he can, she can read lips. ^^ That's why Sev asked her why she was asking him questions when she 'couldn't see him'. She can't see his mouth when she's on top of his head.

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posted at 2:19pm on December 11th, 2012

Reply by Shazzbaa

Which might be more helpful if Jonan could use his lips!

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posted at 8:34pm on December 12th, 2012

Reply by Riverfox237

Oh, DUH! I feel dense. XD IIII guess he could write things down for her...?

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posted at 12:15pm on December 13th, 2012

Comment by Artificer-Urza

If nothing else, it's going to be an interesting trip. Particularly in terms of communication.

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posted at 10:22am on December 11th, 2012

Comment by Kellan

So are they gonna meet a blind person next or is sev gonna go blind? seriously I'm getting a "Hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil" vibe from this comic.

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posted at 11:28am on December 11th, 2012

Reply by Shazzbaa

Ahahahahahaha oh man you're right!

instead I guess it's "hear no evil, speak no evil, touch no evil"

which is probably still a good rule to abide by, let's be honest

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posted at 8:29pm on December 12th, 2012

Reply by Kellan

Lets just make it all five senses! Add a character who messed up their nose!

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posted at 9:41pm on December 15th, 2012

Comment by Nerrin

Okay, between this page and the vote incentive, this is probably one of the funniest things you've written so far (or rather, shared with us so far; only you know all of what you've written). Just... Sev and Jonan somehow carrying out a dialogue when only one can talk, and the other is reduced to muffled grunts and meaningful silences.

Also Jonan secretly being actually kind of nice. At times. Sort of. Or at least feeling obligated to nice gestures.

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posted at 1:44pm on December 11th, 2012

Reply by Shazzbaa

Ahahahaha thanks! xD I am always way too entertained by these two trying to hold a conversation of any kind.

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posted at 8:33pm on December 12th, 2012

Comment by Riverfox237

Yaaaaay! I KNEW Jonan wasn't such a bad guy. ^^ He's just a completely and total grouch, it's totally not the same thing. And I love that he just proved how special that pony is to him by bringing it along when he totally didn't need to and it probably won't even be helpful (except, of course, it will, because the funny/adorable animal companion always gets a chance to save the lives of the entire party at SOME point). The conversation in the vote incentive is possibly my favorite yet, except that's hard to say for sure because your vote incentives are usually hilarious. =Dd Ugh, poor Sev, though; he's gonna be half dead when they get to where they're going, flying the entire night with three beings on his back after getting no sleep.

And you just KNOW that last ellipse of Jonan's is him thinking, "What have I gotten myself into."

Haha I just realized Kirby is carrying his stuff. Loveable loyal undead packpony ftw!

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posted at 2:24pm on December 11th, 2012

Reply by Shazzbaa

Ahahaha, thank you!

Of course the zombie pony will be helpful; it's carrying his stuff! Seriously, look at Jonan. Do you think he can carry anything lighter than like..... a large book for any length of time? xD

Hahahaha, your translation of Jonan's last ellipsis is probably not far off.

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posted at 8:38pm on December 12th, 2012

Reply by Riverfox237

....Point. XD; Jonan does not radiate an aura of incredible physical aptitude. But you know it's just an excuse so he can keep his loveable pet pony with him. You KNOW.

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posted at 12:17pm on December 13th, 2012

Reply by Why?!?!

Oh my goodness is the zombie pony legit named "Kirby"? Because of the D&D necromancer with the zombie horse named "Kerberos" and following shenanigans?!

Because that would be awesome.

And obviously, I am a fan of Shazzbaa's other stuff.

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posted at 6:30pm on December 13th, 2012

Reply by Shazzbaa

If the pony has a name, no one in the comic has mentioned it yet! To be fair, though, the only person who would know if it has a name or not can't really say.

But the necromancer I play in my current D&D game was actually originally inspired by Jonan! I thought he would be fun to turn into a D&D character back when I was still developing this story (which is why they look so darn similar).

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posted at 12:09am on December 14th, 2012

Comment by Ryorin

Tareth's expression in panel five is FANTASTIC. I would almost certainly make the same face in that situation. But less adorably. Because I'm not Tareth.

I was seriously laughing at the vote incentive. The pony totally thinks it's a good idea, Jonan! What could possibly go wrong?

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posted at 2:55pm on December 11th, 2012

Reply by Shazzbaa

Oh gosh, thank you! It is admittedly difficult to be as adorable as Tareth. I don't think I could manage.

("One out of....one zombie ponies agree -- it's the way to go!")

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posted at 8:39pm on December 12th, 2012

Comment by wr4ith0

kek, Sev goes from "I am not carrying your weird dead pony" to deciding that "groo?" means it agrees with his idea within a couple hours XD

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posted at 7:37pm on December 12th, 2012

Reply by Shazzbaa

The pony is clearly quite the charmer.

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posted at 8:40pm on December 12th, 2012

Comment by rainycity1

Shazz, wishing you Xmas zombie ponies and other good things today! <3

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posted at 10:07am on December 15th, 2012

Reply by Shazzbaa

Ahhhh thank you so much! *u*

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posted at 12:40pm on December 17th, 2012

Comment by Glew

Just occurred to me how convenient and lucky it is that Sev still has wings in dragon form and not tentacles. It's good that the miscast only applies to one pair of limbs.

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posted at 5:25am on December 17th, 2012

Reply by Shazzbaa

That would be pretty weird unless he had messed up wings when he originally miscast! It didn't give him tentacle legs, after all. xD

(Fun fact: In the first drafts of his design, Sev had messed up wings as well! I dropped them because they were super annoying to draw. )

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posted at 12:43pm on December 17th, 2012

Comment by Karen

I'm practically holding my breath for the inevitable "A deaf girl, a mute, and a guy with tentacle-hands walk into a bar" moment.

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posted at 1:34pm on January 11th, 2013




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