albion alabaster, general armstrong, karen taverndatter, king adelaide, and madelyn adelaide (twokinds) created by tom fischbach
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"The Dungeons"

Sketch of the 1055th page of TwoKinds.

Transcript

Karen: Ngh…

Karen: Eugh… what happened? Where are we?

Chicken: BAWK BAWK

Karen: COUGH

Karen: And why is it so cold and dusty in here?

Karen: Ah! Maddie! Oh no… Wake up–!

Madelyn: I am awake, dummy. We’re in a dungeon. I’m fine.

Karen: But you got hurt…

Madelyn: I said I’m fine. It’s just bruised ribs. I’m a Basitin.

Karen: You don’t sound fine to me. What’s wrong?

Madelyn: . . .

Madelyn: You’re not a Basitin. You wouldn’t understand.

Karen: I can try.

Madelyn: When I was born, the old goats were so excited. A new Adelaide.

Madelyn: My mother was already a living legend by then. The embodiment of what it means to be a Basitin.

Madelyn: But as I grew up, it quickly became obvious I wasn’t going to end up like her… “What a waste.” They’d say. “Maybe next time.” No matter how much I excelled in other ways, I was always seen as a disappointment.

Madelyn: And the old goats were right. Cunning can only take you so far. I wasn’t strong enough to help you. Or myself.

Karen: Madelyn, anyone would have had trouble with that big lizard. And you’re just a kid. You could still grow to be like her one day!

Madelyn: Karen, I’m not actually a kid. I’m seventeen. My mother was twice my size at my age.

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    Omnicidal

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    AlphaVoid777 said:
    And now we find out her true age. Im thinking she asks Karen to keep it a secret.

    She said she was 14 earlier in the comic. Given that traveling by sea could take months, a 3 year time difference between then and now is entirely plausible.

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    yugijak

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    She very much has an Edward Elric problem.

    Except in her case it's more the core of her character rather than a running gag.

    Intriguing.

    Personally I'd love to see where this goes.

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    BanishedDragon

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    Why would an intelligence general look at her and not go "small, cute, harmless-looking, could still kill fairly easily, let's create a covert ops division. She'd be perfect"? It's not like they weren't throwing around the idea of needing info on the outside.

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    EdgeTheWolf

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    Omnicidal said:
    She said she was 14 earlier in the comic. Given that traveling by sea could take months, a 3 year time difference between then and now is entirely plausible.

    It's stated in the comic the trip between the mainland and the Basitin Islands takes about a month. And it's obvious why she lied to the others about her age, she was afraid they'd also see her as worthless if they knew how old she really is.

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    Mosdrac2

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    She probably claimed to be younger than she was to feel better about being smaller than her mother was at the real age sheis now.

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    BanishedDragon

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    EdgeTheWolf said:
    It's stated in the comic the trip between the mainland and the Basitin Islands takes about a month. And it's obvious why she lied to the others about her age, she was afraid they'd also see her as worthless if they knew how old she really is.

    Nah, she was lying because it made her seem more like a cute, harmless (if impish) kid so she could get out of the cell. The fact that she looks the part is just (un)fortunate.

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