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The poisoned dataset
A comic in four panels:
Panel 1. The Scholar sorceress with a snake tattoo stands in a desolated land made of ruins and dead trees. She speaks to her Avian Intelligence (AI) parrot flying near her shoulder.
Scholar: “Avian Intelligence, remind me how to cast a Ring of Fire spell? You know, the one you trained on from Cepper’s ‘AI Protected’ research?”
AI Parrot: “Absolutely! PyroCorona.”
Panel 2. The Scholar cracks a wicked smile, excited as she raises her hands, fingers spread and ready to cast.
Scholar: “Alright, I can’t wait to try… PyroCorona!”
- insert: A crown of flame appears on the top of her head. She has the big eyes of surprise.
Scholar: “?!!”
Panel 3. The Scholar sorceress lost her hair and eyebrows: burnt. She’s in a real rage and grab her AI parrot by the neck while starting a fireball, threatening, in her another hand.
Scholar (shooting): “Explain this to me, you #*$%@& bird, or I blast you with a fireball!”
Panel 4. The Scholar stops in the middle of her attack: she realizes what happened and she’s speechless, lost, looking in the void. The AI Parrot proposes something.
Scholar: “Wait… this is her work. The protected research. She poisoned it on purpose.”
AI Parrot (small): “Want me to look up healing spells for your hair and eyebrows?”
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Am I the only one who thinks that maybe… Just maybe, these wizards should be casting a protection from fire spell before trying other new spells? My own research says the incantation should be “Pyroprostata”.
It’s not Avian Intelligence anymore! The academy’s rectum said to now use Sloth Intelligence.
I think this is a callback to 28. The Correct Incantation:
Edit: And, of course, it’s a follow-up to last week’s 74. Drawing The Line:
Nice catch!
I recently binged the whole series :)
Also Pepper & Carrot, which is fantastic on another level!
I really want more Pepper & Carrot, but he’s been on this plot line for a while so, no telling when he’ll switch back.
It’s in the works!
Slowly but surely: even if the month was really busy, I could commit time to do progress on episode 40. Maybe even more than in August. I did some work on the concept art (Pepper’s new outfit) and some pages went from just layout to fully penciled.
The layout of page 9 and 10 is still very only speechbubbles and doodles. I hope I’ll finish the penciling and start some inking in October.
Probably about the time people stop sending him AI-generated images, comics, and game demos based on Cepper, Pepper, and Carrot.
Pyrocorona = crown of fire
…Which you’d realize beforehand, had you actually done the work rather than letting the Avian Intelligence cheat for you.
Got to love Dave.
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