2015/09/21 - Desert Jewel

Post by **Dissension** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 12:01 am

[ Desert Jewel ]

Title Text: grape we don't have nearly enough lampshades

Well, her name was Princess Periwinkle, after all...

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 12:01 am

I wonder who the queen is?

TheBlasterizer · Post by **TheBlasterizer** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 12:03 am

Purple = royalty I suppose

SuperStar · Post by **SuperStar** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 12:07 am

But... Who's Queen is she to be?

Frank · Post by **Frank** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 12:11 am

Saturn381 wrote:I wonder who the queen is?

It's been mentioend before that Grape must be, at least in part, Russian Blue, which is definitely "east"

Most black cats are part Burmese

Though let's let fancies fly and factor in Tarot as another possible princess; Pomerania is in Eastern Europe after all

Edit: although... this being Rick we're talking about... we can't discard the possibility that Peanut is being mistaken for a girl just to make it funnier

Mon Sep 21, 2015 12:14 am

They're definitely talking about Grape. queen is a term for a female cat, plus the whole "sneeze when someone's talking about you" thing.

Frank · Post by **Frank** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 12:15 am

awww, my fancies!

ChekeBello · Post by **ChekeBello** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 12:19 am

TheBlasterizer wrote:Purple = royalty I suppose

It indeed means that read here or just this part [...]Tyrian purple became the color of kings, nobles, priests and magistrates all around the Mediterranean.[...]

So Grape do have the color of royality, but I'm more surprised by the fact they could tell she is a girl; plus if the cats make her their queen, that can left some history record for the future

CHAOKOCartoons · Post by **CHAOKOCartoons** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 12:45 am

The queen comes bearing diseases from a far off land!

Liam · Post by **Liam** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 12:47 am

Xane wrote:And Grape accidentally makes cats extinct...

With all the antibiotics-hardened germs infesting every crevice of their bodies, they stand a good chance to wipe all sapient life of the face of the earth.

...and that's why you don't ever worry about the microbial aspect if you write time travel stories.

Gbr23 · Post by **Gbr23** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 12:49 am

Im going to make a bet saying that one member of the group -not inlcuding Satau- will want to stay in the past

Post by **D-Rock** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 1:06 am

So, Grape, how does it feel to naturally be the color of royalty?

This should be a more interesting ride, and it was pretty interesting to begin with.

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 1:08 am

Gbr23 wrote:Im going to make a bet saying that one member of the group -not inlcuding Satau- will want to stay in the past

Maxwell?

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 1:12 am

Gbr23 wrote:Im going to make a bet saying that one member of the group -not inlcuding Satau- will want to stay in the past

Or they'll need the same number as came back to go forward again.

Cute cats,
building the temple high.
Cute cats,
going to catch his eye.
Cute cats,
that Satau claims as brothers.
Cute cats;
someone tell their mothers.
Cute cats,
giving Grape the sneezes.
Cute cats;
not thinking of diseases.
Cute cats;
the pride of all their lands.
Cute cats
will give in to demands?

valerio · Post by **valerio** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 1:13 am

the awesome is increasing in this arc

Neon Icy Wings · Post by **Neon Icy Wings** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 2:13 am

I honestly thought this would be the one that'd send them back and end the arc, I am pleasantly surprised to see it not so! I think it'd be funny if one of the ancient cats goes with them to the future because they want to serve the purple royal or something along that lines. In the end, here's to hoping another interesting character turns up.

gamepopper · Post by **gamepopper** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 2:16 am

The more this arc continues, the more I think that King is missing out.

So they assume Grape is a Queen...wonder who's King (if there is one)?

CosmicCoyote · Post by **CosmicCoyote** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 3:15 am

Frank wrote:
Saturn381 wrote:I wonder who the queen is?
It's been mentioend before that Grape must be, at least in part, Russian Blue, which is definitely "east"

Most black cats are part Burmese

Though let's let fancies fly and factor in Tarot as another possible princess; Pomerania is in Eastern Europe after all

Edit: although... this being Rick we're talking about... we can't discard the possibility that Peanut is being mistaken for a girl just to make it funnier

Yes, but... given the time frame, technology is nowhere near advanced enough to have that much knowledge of the world - Russia, Burma, and Pomerania are all way out of the way for people living on the Nile to know even exist. I'm in agreement with what was mentioned earlier - the east they're talking about is almost certainly Tyre (or Sidon, or Phoenicia in general, for that matter), which is in Lebanon, on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean and a place someone in Egypt would be much more likely to recognize.

gamepopper wrote:The more this arc continues, the more I think that King is missing out.

So they assume Grape is a Queen...wonder who's King (if there is one)?

You mean it isn't King?

HundKatzeMaus · Post by **HundKatzeMaus** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 3:38 am

gamepopper wrote:The more this arc continues, the more I think that King is missing out.

So they assume Grape is a Queen...wonder who's King (if there is one)?

I think King had enough adventure.

Well I'm now guessing there will be a buff tomcat wooing for Grape and Max will have his hands full with a new rival or Grape does her best to fend said rival off

Edit: Also I love that cat's work ethic

IdleCurator · Post by **IdleCurator** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 3:45 am

Well this is certainly an interesting time frame, we have human structures (the town) and possibly domesticated cats existing at the same time as sabercats. It is always fun when modern day characters from privileged life styles go back in time to see a land with the technology (electronic technology). Also Peanut will be hailed as a god if they see his DS.

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 4:45 am

Someone else has already mentioned the purple thing, so I won't post my own great long saga about it.

RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:They're definitely talking about Grape. queen is a term for a female cat, plus the whole "sneeze when someone's talking about you" thing.

Nice catch.

Also, should we expect shenanigans when all Dragon's worshipers can see them but Dragon can't?

ascdren · Post by **ascdren** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 6:25 am

CosmicCoyote wrote:
Frank wrote:
Saturn381 wrote:I wonder who the queen is?
It's been mentioend before that Grape must be, at least in part, Russian Blue, which is definitely "east"

Most black cats are part Burmese

Though let's let fancies fly and factor in Tarot as another possible princess; Pomerania is in Eastern Europe after all

Edit: although... this being Rick we're talking about... we can't discard the possibility that Peanut is being mistaken for a girl just to make it funnier
Yes, but... given the time frame, technology is nowhere near advanced enough to have that much knowledge of the world - Russia, Burma, and Pomerania are all way out of the way for people living on the Nile to know even exist. I'm in agreement with what was mentioned earlier - the east they're talking about is almost certainly Tyre (or Sidon, or Phoenicia in general, for that matter), which is in Lebanon, on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean and a place someone in Egypt would be much more likely to recognize.

you might actually be surprised, archaeological finds and some records show signs of trade from the americas, through the Eurasia super continent and down into africa as far back as the iron age. there are also some written records (mostly from now arab countries) explaining the expanses of the trade networks

Furryface18 · Post by **Furryface18** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 7:01 am

Now Grape is going to die from some ancient disease and someone is "the queen." This will be intriguing.

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 7:10 am

Ack. I hope Grape isn't going to be sick D:

Maxwell is going to have a field day keeping the cats away from Grape here.

Carlitosfmc · Post by **Carlitosfmc** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 7:20 am

HundKatzeMaus wrote:
gamepopper wrote: Well I'm now guessing there will be a buff tomcat wooing for Grape and Max will have his hands full with a new rival or Grape does her best to fend said rival off

I hope so, I really like when Grape is blushing. Looks so cute!

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 7:26 am

GameCobra wrote:Ack. I hope Grape isn't going to be sick D:

Maxwell is going to have a field day keeping the cats away from Grape here.

More like she'll be trying to keep them/him away from him/them!

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 7:37 am

Welsh Halfwit wrote:
GameCobra wrote:Ack. I hope Grape isn't going to be sick D:

Maxwell is going to have a field day keeping the cats away from Grape here.
More like she'll be trying to keep them/him away from him/them!

That would be an ironic twist in this plot, indeed :3

Also - Res and Keys ancestors, perhaps. I'll laugh if suddenly most of the cats and dogs here have a connection to their future relatives.

TheOne · Post by **TheOne** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 10:19 am

Argent wrote:Someone else has already mentioned the purple thing, so I won't post my own great long saga about it.

RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:They're definitely talking about Grape. queen is a term for a female cat, plus the whole "sneeze when someone's talking about you" thing.
Nice catch.

Also, should we expect shenanigans when all Dragon's worshipers can see them but Dragon can't?

I keep wondering if they'll try using mana from Pete's temple instead. If they do, they could end up either freeing Pete by accident, causing him to gain five Avatars all at once and win the game, causing that laugh outside the heavenly courtroom. The rules state "no weird time junk" but their current non-player status voids that out. (See the arc where King first finds out about the game) Plus, Pete's long sentence apparently could have been either sideways in time as people have told me, or forward in time, as I believe. If it was sideways, perhaps it could have gone along the parallel universe that would be created by the five interlopers?
Or they could use some mana from Pete's mana pool without freeing him, perhaps starting the "opener of ways" prophecy in the process. That make sense, considering the mana pool seemed to be empty (aside from some glowing residue) when Zack pushed the button. That would be sortof boring though, and I haven't seen a boring arc from Mr. Griffin yet.

Sketchygenet · Post by **Sketchygenet** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 11:58 am

Saturn381 wrote:
Gbr23 wrote:Im going to make a bet saying that one member of the group -not inlcuding Satau- will want to stay in the past
Maxwell?

Unfortunately, I don't think Rick can get away with the whole forgetting a character in the past arc thing. hehe.

Cesco · Post by **Cesco** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 2:12 pm

Oh, the royal-coloured Grape is going to be a queen, of Merimde, I suppose.

That hasn't to happen...

Eheh, good excuse as ethic...

Your sneeze is because of another kind of sense, Grape, but you have a point for considering ancient diseases.

Take care of it for the next possible time travel, Tarot.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 2:57 pm

Looks like Grape is gonna be a queen then and she'll have have Satau be her protector and slobber over him when he's not looking.

CosmicCoyote · Post by **CosmicCoyote** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 4:41 pm

ascdren wrote:you might actually be surprised, archaeological finds and some records show signs of trade from the americas, through the Eurasia super continent and down into africa as far back as the iron age. there are also some written records (mostly from now arab countries) explaining the expanses of the trade networks

Ah, but two key words in there: Iron Age. If we're truly in 5000 BCE, then we're still a couple millennia from the end of the Neolithic (~3500-3000 BCE), let alone all the way to the start of the Iron Age (~1500-1200 BCE). Just to put how far back they are in perspective, they're currently closer to the beginnings of the Agricultural Revolution (12th to 10th millennia BCE) than they are to the present day. The "historical record" as we know it is still 18 to 20 centuries away, when the Egyptians begin developing hieroglyphics and putting the names of pharaohs on everything. Indeed, there are still a lot of places at this point in history that are still domesticating foodstuffs - outside of the Fertile Crescent, the Indus Valley and the Chinese river basins of the Yellow and Yangtze, people are still adjusting to an agrarian lifestyle - if they're at that point at all.

Post by **Sleet** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 7:11 pm

RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:plus the whole "sneeze when someone's talking about you" thing.

Isn't that mostly an Eastern superstition?

cuteycindyhoney · Post by **cuteycindyhoney** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 8:09 pm

All hail Queen Periwinkle!

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Tue Sep 22, 2015 1:56 am

Well its a lot better than Princess Periwinkle.

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Tue Sep 22, 2015 3:10 pm

I wonder if Grape got the name Princess Periwinkle cause her old family spoiled her like a princess?

Cesco · Post by **Cesco** » Tue Sep 22, 2015 3:20 pm

Must point out that one of those ancient cats suddenly recognized Grape's gender, congratulations!

We know that a certain dog didn't despite is living with her.

But, also Maxwell did his figure...

Amazee Dayzee wrote:Looks like Grape is gonna be a queen then and she'll have have Satau be her protector and slobber over him when he's not looking.

It's more probable that Satau is going to be the King of Merimde...

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Tue Sep 22, 2015 11:58 pm

Then if that happens I'm sure Grape will end up with a MASSIVE nosebleed if she is crowned Queen.

John-056 · Post by **John-056** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 1:31 am

Why do those two cats in the first two panels remind me of Grif and Simmons from Red vs Blue?

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:50 pm

Forget what I said about Grape being very blustery if she is crowned queen. Looks like she wants to introduce Ptah to a broom.