The story itself

[cairn destop]

Now unless our unknown character is going to attack after the audience with Prince, which sounds illogical, the creature is after Sandy.  

(Been wrong so often, what's one more time?)

[compboy1]

I'd have to agree, our mystery character is not after Rhene, though she is vulnerable at this point, being alone. It'll be interesting to see what happens, especially if said characters situation is used to an advantage.

As for GIMP, it's a nice program, though running it on a Mac can be a bit of a hassle, especially if you didn't install X11. It's dithering leaves a lot to be desired, as well, or maybe it just has bad GIF support...

[WyrmMaster]

Yep, I have X11 installed.

I'm a GIMP neophyte so the results aren't top notch. When I get back home this weekend, I'll redo the strip in Photoshop.

Hopefully I'll have access to Photoshop when I'm in Korea for two weeks in April, otherwise there will be more temporary GIMP-generated strips.

[compboy1]

Have you tried downloading the Photoshop CS2 trial? It only works for 30 days, but it'll hold you over till you get back...

[cairn destop]

I can see why the hares avoid the dog kingdom.  Anyone that treats a messenger or envoy with such disrespect isn't trustworthy and have no sense of honor whatsoever.  If Rhene doesn't read Prince the riot act or give him the verbal version of a rolled-up newspaper across the nose, she deserves whatever mistreatment she gets and then some.

Nice touch, though a bit cliched, with the mysterious stranger behind the curtain.

[WyrmMaster]

Have you tried downloading the Photoshop CS2 trial? It only works for 30 days, but it'll hold you over till you get back...

Now that I think about it, I should have access to Photoshop while in Korea through my host GoPets.

[compboy1]

I can see why the hares avoid the dog kingdom.  Anyone that treats a messenger or envoy with such disrespect isn't trustworthy and have no sense of honor whatsoever.  If Rhene doesn't read Prince the riot act or give him the verbal version of a rolled-up newspaper across the nose, she deserves whatever mistreatment she gets and then some.

Nice touch, though a bit cliched, with the mysterious stranger behind the curtain.

They certainly are rude. As for Rhene, I'd guess that this is nothing compared to the Boars. At the same time, that experience may have toughened her up a bit, so she may not take such treatment for long. Will be interesting to see...

As for the new mystery character, she looks like one of the members of Prince's harem in the original game (which is why I refer to her as she). Makes me wonder if Prince is worse than before, though that would be a feat in itself.

[JSM3050]

The creature behind the curtain looked like the poodle from the game.

If Rhene doesn't protest in some loud, colorful fashion, I'll be surprised.

[AllieFiona]

Would it be wise to protest in a loud, colorful fashion when surrounded by great big dogs holding nasty weapons?

[JSM3050]

Not necessarily. But Rhene also doesn't seem like the type to be easily intimidated. Despite her lines in the game, she seems to have a much stronger personality in the comic.

[cairn destop]

Looks like Rhene made two mistakes.  One of commission and one of assumption.  Her mistake of commission was approaching the ruler without permission to do so and the error of assumption is thinking the dog king knows how to read.

[compboy1]

Looks like Rhene made two mistakes.  One of commission and one of assumption.  Her mistake of commission was approaching the ruler without permission to do so and the error of assumption is thinking the dog king knows how to read.

I doubt the slightly insolent sound of "It's Rhene, Sir" didn't help, either...

[JSM3050]

Don't kill the messenger!

[compboy1]

Alas, not necessarily advice that was well followed. Besides, in this case, Rhene would make a better hostage...

[AllieFiona]

In Rhene's defense, I think she was used to a more egalitarian society.  She hasn't a clue about correct protocol in a rigid heirarchy like Prince's.  Even the boars (who she had been a "guest" of) seemed to have better access to their king, in their rough way.  

However, if Rif had told her any stories about his dealings with the dogs, she should have been more cautious.  I wonder that Elara had not coached her about proper behavior.  But then again, maybe Elara didn't know either.