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Ninety Absolutely no relation to NLK from Land of Quakes and Hills Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: In Spades with myself
Absolutely no relation to NLK
#276: May 10th 2014 at 3:54:26 PM

Caught up! Never expected to see a spontaneous musical in a webcomic. I keep forgetting how truly excellent this comic is. Oh, and regarding the name customs of the Frummagems, Ashley shed some light on it in her tumblr. They're given names not at birth but as children, and based on pretty much whatever their parents feel like (Anadyne was well-liked and planned for, Nary-a-care was "a very phlegmatic infant", Knock-me-down, well, you can infer).

Dopants: He meant what he said and he said what he meant, a Ninety is faithful 100%.
ArsThaumaturgis Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: I've been dreaming of True Love's Kiss
#277: May 14th 2014 at 6:48:44 AM

Poor, poor Duane. XD

(Hmm... It occurs to me that he's looking a little more grey in that last panel than in some of the previous panels—it could just be his equivalent of paling, but it may also be a minor glamour failure.)

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Elfive (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#278: May 14th 2014 at 7:31:29 AM

I noticed that. His eyes have gone all shadowed again too.

Ninety Absolutely no relation to NLK from Land of Quakes and Hills Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: In Spades with myself
Absolutely no relation to NLK
#280: May 21st 2014 at 6:56:56 PM

The thickening of the plot is at hand.

Dopants: He meant what he said and he said what he meant, a Ninety is faithful 100%.
ArsThaumaturgis Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: I've been dreaming of True Love's Kiss
#281: May 21st 2014 at 7:09:29 PM

Indeed... So, has this been more about Duane than Sette all along?

(And where will Murkoph come into it?)

Tow other things in this page concern me: what is that smoke that Stockyard has released—it could be a simple fragrance, but with pymary it may not be all that it seems—and where did Anadyne wander off to? (With regards to the latter, we seem to see her head in the first panel, and her skirts and shoe disappear to our left in the panel below it.)

(Perhaps less importantly, I wonder what's behind the "nope" door.)

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odafangirl Indeed. Since: Oct, 2010
Indeed.
#282: May 21st 2014 at 8:21:10 PM

His office. He's got a nope sign on his office door to keep people out.

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Ninety Absolutely no relation to NLK from Land of Quakes and Hills Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: In Spades with myself
Absolutely no relation to NLK
#283: May 21st 2014 at 8:53:50 PM

Smoke's just incense. Ashley said so in her Tumblr.

Dopants: He meant what he said and he said what he meant, a Ninety is faithful 100%.
LoniJay from Australia Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
#284: May 22nd 2014 at 4:37:47 AM

Aha, I thought so.

Anyone else remember how in one of the earlier chapters, Duane said that Sette's father had deduced his nationality and religion as if it were something that would take work or skill? Dammit, Duane, you exclaim "Merciful saints!" or "My God!" in Aldish like, once an hour. And now it turns out you have a very distinctive accent. It's not that hard.

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ArsThaumaturgis Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: I've been dreaming of True Love's Kiss
#285: May 22nd 2014 at 7:43:00 AM

[up][up][up],[up][up] Ah, fair enough, and thank you both. ^_^

[up] Heh, good point. In all fairness, Duane is, I fear, rather worse at dissembling than he thinks he is.

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Elfive (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#286: May 22nd 2014 at 7:45:28 AM

Maybe it's only distinctive to Crescians?

Kesar Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#287: May 22nd 2014 at 2:20:42 PM

[up] Crescians seem to be super paranoid about potential Aldish spies (demonstrated by handy propaganda posters and zealous customs officers, to give only two examples), so that could be possible. Maybe Shartshanians are just geographically ignorant, due to living in the middle of dirt-poor gangland and all.

"Suddenly, as he was listening, the ceiling fell in on his head."
ArsThaumaturgis Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: I've been dreaming of True Love's Kiss
#288: May 22nd 2014 at 3:04:29 PM

On the other hand, we've had suggestions that this trip has a lot more to do with Duane than had at first been presented: Offhand, I recall the discussion with... Lord Winnalils, I think it was? The fellow who was likely a Black Tongue—and now the claim that an object of the trip was delivering Duane to someone. It seems plausible that either Nary spotted Duane and knew who to talk to, or that someone else—Winnalils, if that was his name, perhaps—noticed Duane and hired Nary to send him on this little trip.

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Bluespade from Fort Worth, Texas Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
#289: May 22nd 2014 at 3:13:59 PM

Whatever the reason, I think we can probably guess it's not about Sette at all. She only had one purpose in this scheme: to pacify Duane and make him easier to manage, due to reminding him of Mikaila.

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odafangirl Indeed. Since: Oct, 2010
Indeed.
#290: May 22nd 2014 at 3:15:14 PM

So why lie to her? Why not dress up delivering Duane as a big deal that would mean a lot for the family and that getting him there would take all her skills and trickery?

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Elfive (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#291: May 22nd 2014 at 3:23:04 PM

Because Sette has a goddamn conscience and Nary knows it.

Bluespade from Fort Worth, Texas Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
#292: May 22nd 2014 at 3:24:37 PM

Basically. She's a bitch, but Sette's got a heart in there.

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Ninety Absolutely no relation to NLK from Land of Quakes and Hills Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: In Spades with myself
Absolutely no relation to NLK
#293: May 22nd 2014 at 3:42:25 PM

Plus, she wouldn't be nearly as useful at semi-unwittingly manipulating Duane due to the resemblance to Mikaila if she knew what was going on. Childlike innocence and all that (as much as Sette's got, anyway). Also, my finicky browser does recognize Duane as a word.

Dopants: He meant what he said and he said what he meant, a Ninety is faithful 100%.
ArsThaumaturgis Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: I've been dreaming of True Love's Kiss
#294: May 22nd 2014 at 5:12:35 PM

I suspect that Sette is in some way related to whatever's going on here: her mysterious nature seems too unusual to be likely to be irrelevant.

Once again I find myself wondering what the title refers to: Sette being untested? Some part of Duane's nature as yet unplumbed? Something to do with the depths of the khert, the silver-smuggling or Jivi's connection to the sea? Something else entirely?

[up] I believe that "Duane" is a name in our world, too, albeit that I'm not sure that it's pronounced the same way.

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Elfive (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#295: May 22nd 2014 at 5:15:13 PM

The real name is pronounced the way Sette says it.

TotemicHero No longer a forum herald from the next level Since: Dec, 2009
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#296: May 22nd 2014 at 5:56:57 PM

Case in point: Diane Duane.

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Mullon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
#297: May 26th 2014 at 8:57:36 AM

I still don't get why Sette even believes him. It's just his word, and he doesn't come off as honest.

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Ninety Absolutely no relation to NLK from Land of Quakes and Hills Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: In Spades with myself
Absolutely no relation to NLK
#298: May 26th 2014 at 9:53:59 AM

Villains Never Lie. Poor Sette.

edited 26th May '14 9:55:22 AM by Ninety

Dopants: He meant what he said and he said what he meant, a Ninety is faithful 100%.
Druplesnubb Editor of Posts Since: Dec, 2013
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#299: May 26th 2014 at 11:59:35 AM

If I remember correctly the title is a Moby Dick reference, not sure if there's any meaning to it beyond that.

edited 26th May '14 11:59:50 AM by Druplesnubb

Mullon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
#300: May 28th 2014 at 5:46:22 AM

I guess he isn't lying after all.

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