2015/09/25 - Deniability Is Just A River In Egypt

Post by **Obbl** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 12:02 am

[ Deniability Is Just A River In Egypt ]

Title Text: I think I'll go for a meandering, aimless walk

Pay no attention to little me...

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 12:02 am

Well it looks like they're stuck.

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 12:16 am

Concerned Dragon is an adorable Dragon.

There's a doubt in her mind
as she cares about her pawn;
wondering if her little trick
has turned him to a Fawn.
He's acting oddly in her sight,
wandering here and there;
carrying huge amounts of nothing,
it shows Dragon really can care.
How will they get in now?
How will they get to our time?
Will Satau betray his lady?
Will he help them through crime?

ChekeBello · Post by **ChekeBello** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 12:17 am

Is good to know how the lantern exactly works, that explains a lot, but now they cannot back without alerting Dragon about their presence; so I'm with Saturn, they must be stuck =S

And poor Satau, he looks so empty-minded(delusional) in the las panel that Dragon now thinks he is crazy ><

CHAOKOCartoons · Post by **CHAOKOCartoons** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 12:25 am

Wait, how does Dragon not seeing them or seeing/hearing Satu talking to them effect their usage of the Mana Pool? So long as Satu makes an excuse for standing by the mana pool doing absolutely nothing for a few seconds, Dragon will probably leave him alone! Am I missing something here? Their plan still seems pretty solid to me

MrBlueSky7 · Post by **MrBlueSky7** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 12:36 am

At this point, I'm just waiting for the big, and mostly obvious, exposé to just happen already.

Post by **D-Rock** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 12:40 am

He's seen some things, Dragon, and some stuff!

Not sure if I recommend it.

Welsh Halfwit wrote:Concerned Dragon is an adorable Dragon.

Strangely enough, I agree with you there.

CHAOKOCartoons wrote:Wait, how does Dragon not seeing them or seeing/hearing Satu talking to them effect their usage of the Mana Pool? So long as Satu makes an excuse for standing by the mana pool doing absolutely nothing for a few seconds, Dragon will probably leave him alone! Am I missing something here? Their plan still seems pretty solid to me

I would think missing mana would be easy to spot. She'll just see Satau standing there, doing nothing, and all of a sudden the pool is missing some. She'd get rather suspicious, and just may think that Satau is working against her.

SyberFox · Post by **SyberFox** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 12:59 am

Quickly! Delete system32! It will make him go fast again!

IdleCurator · Post by **IdleCurator** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 1:03 am

Well dragon definitely built this temple to impress.
Oh Dragon you broke another one, oh well best go find a new avatar, gosh they are dropping like flies these days.

John-056 · Post by **John-056** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 1:32 am

Why am I reminded of The Last Days of Foxhound?

Especially that one scene involving Ocelot and Decoy talking through the Codex and the others thinking they're just standing still and doing nothing.

CosmicCoyote · Post by **CosmicCoyote** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 1:43 am

Things I probably should have noticed before now: In the HP universe, the Wadjet Eye (the glowing green symbol on her chest, if you didn't know) would have been inspired by Dragon herself.

Things I did notice and find humorous: Tremble, tiny griffin at the majesty of the great Dragon!

Fri Sep 25, 2015 1:52 am

CosmicCoyote wrote:the Wadjet Eye

... I only knew it as the eye of Horus but by this name yeah, you're right. especially seeing the origin of the name "wadget"

Wikipedia wrote:The name Wadjet is derived from "wadj" meaning "green", hence "the green one", and was known to the Greeks and Romans as "uraeus" from the Egyptian "iaret" meaning "risen one" from the image of a cobra rising up in protection.

Green + serpent = Dragon

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 3:35 am

I hope Dragon finds a way to fix him so she can still use him!

HundKatzeMaus · Post by **HundKatzeMaus** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 3:42 am

Huh...I wonder how long Dragon will need to notice certain timetravellers who act like tourists

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 3:44 am

I'm pretty sure right now she is just focusing on beating her brother.

Liam · Post by **Liam** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 5:48 am

Seeing Tarot tricking a past version of her former boss sure is weird.

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 6:09 am

CHAOKOCartoons wrote:Wait, how does Dragon not seeing them or seeing/hearing Satu talking to them effect their usage of the Mana Pool? So long as Satu makes an excuse for standing by the mana pool doing absolutely nothing for a few seconds, Dragon will probably leave him alone! Am I missing something here? Their plan still seems pretty solid to me

I thought that what Tarot means is that in the Temple the presence of the Dragon is so overwhelming that the lantern won't work.

D-Rock wrote:I would think missing mana would be easy to spot. She'll just see Satau standing there, doing nothing, and all of a sudden the pool is missing some. She'd get rather suspicious, and just may think that Satau is working against her.

Why does Satau need to be next to the pool? I don't recall anything about the lantern needing him to be there to work.

Carlitosfmc · Post by **Carlitosfmc** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 6:40 am

Hehehe, reminds me of Skyrim followers... I wonder if this mod broke him...

Furryface18 · Post by **Furryface18** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 7:03 am

He's just there not doing or saying anything. That's me at school around people I don't like.

Cesco · Post by **Cesco** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 3:02 pm

That feature of the lantern, hide from the demigods who is touching it, was already known, but the hiding of also the person who's talking to who's touching the lantern is a new discover... But, is it really so? Seems no.

You're making Spirit Dragon get preoccupied by showing her Satau that's talking to himself, Tarot.

Meanwhile, yeah, they're stuck at the entrance of the temple (and apparently, Spirit Dragon got to know its position, in some way...), because actually this lantern works like a mobile phone: when there's no field, of any kind, you're always stuck into troubles.

Looking ahead about what they can do.
Okay, it's now official: Tarot is mostly wrong about how the magic(k) things work.

Jamonius · Post by **Jamonius** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 3:17 pm

Well I can see one reason why they wouldn't want Dragon or Pete finding out about them, several of them know how the game ended and it would be critical to keep those two from finding out.

Frank · Post by **Frank** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 3:25 pm

Argent wrote:
CHAOKOCartoons wrote:Wait, how does Dragon not seeing them or seeing/hearing Satu talking to them effect their usage of the Mana Pool? So long as Satu makes an excuse for standing by the mana pool doing absolutely nothing for a few seconds, Dragon will probably leave him alone! Am I missing something here? Their plan still seems pretty solid to me
I thought that what Tarot means is that in the Temple the presence of the Dragon is so overwhelming that the lantern won't work.

D-Rock wrote:I would think missing mana would be easy to spot. She'll just see Satau standing there, doing nothing, and all of a sudden the pool is missing some. She'd get rather suspicious, and just may think that Satau is working against her.
Why does Satau need to be next to the pool? I don't recall anything about the lantern needing him to be there to work.

Two sides of the same coin, Argent. If Dragon can't see them, even in the temple, any changes they make (such as, say, opening a door) could be pegged on Satau (i.e. the lantern could make it look like it's Satau making the changes), including taking the 1 mana.

Number9Dysonsphere wrote:Oh Dragon you broke another one, oh well best go find a new avatar, gosh they are dropping like flies these days.

But she's only had 2!

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 3:50 pm

Frank wrote:Two sides of the same coin, Argent. If Dragon can't see them, even in the temple, any changes they make (such as, say, opening a door) could be pegged on Satau (i.e. the lantern could make it look like it's Satau making the changes), including taking the 1 mana.

And if he's not there it'll be blamed on Pete. So long as they don't actually pass any information from the future back to Dragon, why does it matter?

Fri Sep 25, 2015 3:58 pm

Pete's currently stuck in his temple unable to do anything. I don't think it would be blamed on him. It would have to be a follower of his and Dragon would have noticed one of them.

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 6:12 pm

RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:Pete's currently stuck in his temple unable to do anything. I don't think it would be blamed on him. It would have to be a follower of his and Dragon would have noticed one of them.

Great. She was SUPPOSED to be his Avatar.... They had to bring Grape, didn't they?

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 6:32 pm

Right, Zach isn't here derail Pete's recruitment plan, If he becomes aware there's a compatible potential avatar nearby... this could be bad. Time line go boom, bad.

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 7:37 pm

RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:Pete's currently stuck in his temple unable to do anything. I don't think it would be blamed on him. It would have to be a follower of his and Dragon would have noticed one of them.

Who else is she going to blame? She'd rationalize it somehow.

DigitalBrave3 · Post by **DigitalBrave3** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 8:00 pm

Dragon just sees Sautau standing there.

That's really funny.

Post by **D-Rock** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 12:01 am

Argent wrote:
RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:Pete's currently stuck in his temple unable to do anything. I don't think it would be blamed on him. It would have to be a follower of his and Dragon would have noticed one of them.
Who else is she going to blame? She'd rationalize it somehow.

She may blame Satau, as previously stated. It would be dangerous to have him in the temple when they take the mana, as it would probably seem like him doing the deed to Dragon.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 2:33 am

I wish they had instructed Satau to do something so they could avoid her getting suspicious while they steal the mana. Just standing there is gonna make her get curious as to why he is so close to her temple.

Adoring Fan · Post by **Adoring Fan** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 3:20 pm

You know.. I wonder if Rick was inspired by Babylonian mythology as far as the story is concerned. Spirit dragons temple is in The Egyptian/Mesopotamian region at a very early period and i wonder if Rick plans to elude that Spirit dragon and Tiamat (Babylonian creation deity) are the same being. i mean... they sorta have already in a way...

This would be a fun tie in and makes me wonder just how much our favorite comics author is inspired by mythology or history. Or if its just all a coincidence?

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 3:52 pm

I think that it is just a bit too early to tell. We need to wait until the arc goes further with the new comics.

Post by **Dissension** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 5:35 pm

As may be gleaned from Housepets! and other stories and pictures, Rick has a serious, long-term interest in mythology. He's done several projects focusing on the Egyptian gods, for example.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sun Sep 27, 2015 12:27 am

Then I guess that he is gonna try to tie some of that stuff into the comic.

Post by **Sleet** » Sun Sep 27, 2015 5:04 pm

Going to? He certainly has already been doing that the whole time!

Post by **D-Rock** » Sun Sep 27, 2015 5:09 pm

I think the fact that the characters home town is named Babylon Gardens is a good sign of that.

dryideabat · Post by **dryideabat** » Sun Sep 27, 2015 7:42 pm

Love the look on Dragon's face.

Just shake him like a flashlight, that should do the trick.
On that note, does that lantern just make you invisible or literally non-existent to the lower order demi-gods (ie. could Dragon accidentally step on Tarot)?

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sun Sep 27, 2015 11:24 pm

That is a good question. I know that Dragon can't see Tarot, but can Tarot see her?

Mon Sep 28, 2015 12:35 am

yeah, Tarot can see her.

and it probably works like a perception filter on Doctor Who: it makes the celestials not notice them consciously, but in the back of their mind they sort of know somethings there. they just don't know they know it.

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:18 am

Like the "Somebody Else's Problem" field in Hitchhikers.