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| Grayling | An epic, modernistic fantasy comic about the drama surrounding the personal lives of godlike elementals running a world they created. Contains adult themes such as violence, sexuality, cursing, etc. http://grayling.arborwin.com/ |
| Grayling - Friday, May 31, 2002 | Dear Reader, / Thank you for visiting Grayling. First, some notices. / - This comic contains gay. In fact, its alternative title is Gayling. / - This is a draft of the comic, meaning it is unrefined, containing bad art and eeny weeny text. The author is aware of these issues. / - This comic contains cursing, violence, and a lot of really fucked up psychological circumstances. I'm sure most of you are here on the strength of that, but you never know. / - This story is not linear. Please pay attention to the time markers, however understated. / Once again, thank you for visiting, I hope you enjoy it. / Regards,
/ Arborwin K http://grayling.arborwin.com/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi?date=20020531 |
| Grayling - Saturday, June 1, 2002 - Page 1 | I delayed it as much as I could... I knew he didn't want to be disturbed. But I simply cannot wait any longer. It's been long enough. We're not children. And there's been enough hide and seek. Leave that to the neccos... http://grayling.arborwin.com/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi?date=20020601 |
| Grayling - Sunday, June 2, 2002 | Smoke: Quite a lovely set up you have here, Fern.
/ Very appropiate. Inaccessible, but appropriate.
/ Isn't living in a gas station a little too much for you to resist? / Fern: Just because it's a gas station doesn't mean there's gas. And I don't recall inviting you. Ever. / Smoke: ... At least I know you haven't changed at all. / Fern: Of course I haven't.
/ Come in before you melt. You look exhausted. http://grayling.arborwin.com/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi?date=20020602 |
| Grayling - Monday, June 3, 2002 | Fern: I'm positive you didn't come out here just to drink my beer, what's in the works? / Smoke: Well... You know there's always something. Mid's been gone almost twenty years. Been gone what, five, six? It's been quiet. Too quiet.
/ In a week, Mid is scheduled to come home from the hospital. / Fern: Let me guess: we're on the verge of another catastrophe? / Smoke: ... Something like that. / Smoke with dramatic effect!: Cal's... been asleep. He's in the car right now... He's been out two weeks or so.
/ This... doesn't seem like normal. I know he sleeps a great deal, but this is next door to a coma. He doesn't stir. Barely breathes. I think he's seriously ill. / Fern: ... Come on. I'm sure it's not that bad. Then again........
/ Then again, it could be something of overwhelming importance. http://grayling.arborwin.com/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi?date=20020603 |
| Grayling - Tuesday, June 4, 2002 | Smoke: I don't feel comfortable putting him in a hospital alone, and I wouldn't be able to stay with him and keep up with work at the same time.
/ I don't like to think of him waking up alone in a strange hospital... especially one in another world. Lem wouldn't let him be admitted anywhere at tower. Everyone's too afraid to take him.
/ As though he's not the one who's more frightened... / Fern: But does he really need it? What could a hospital do, besides poke and prod him? Maybe we can just wait for it to run its course. / Smoke: No... I have the bad feeling this won't just go away. And in the hospital they can at least watch his vital signs, while we take care of Mid and everything else. http://grayling.arborwin.com/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi?date=20020604 |
| Grayling - Wednesday, June 5, 2002 | And so the intrepid explorers set out to search for a friendly city. (In other words, somewhere where nobody knows them) Facing such challenges as...
/ Traffic jams...
/ Fern's potent (not to mention illogical) road rage... / Fern: THAT ASSHOLE JUST CUT US OFF!
/ Smoke: Fern... He had the right of way...
/ Fern: DO YOU THINK I GIVE A DAMN? I'LL MURDER THE BASTARD! >(
/ Smoke: :( SIGH. / Eventually, they reached a suitable destination in a foreign world Smoke ran across through the computer. Although advanced, no one in this world had any knowledge of Faidia. / Fern: Or parking. Where the fuck are parking spaces in this burg?! / Smoke: Now what to do... He's not very heavy, but I can't do this all night. / Fern: I know you don't like the idea, but there's a hospital right near here that seems good enough. Location is also pretty convenient. / Smoke: All right...
/ Not like we have a choice at this point... http://grayling.arborwin.com/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi?date=20020605 |
| Grayling - Thursday, June 6, 2002 | in the subway...
/ Fern: What a lovely garbage dump this is. Why don't you wait here with him... I saw one of those phone things awhile back. Maybe I can call up a hospital or whatever. Not like we'll be able to find it in the middle of the fucking night... / Smoke: Your boundless enthusiasm gives me great hope.
/ Smoke: *sigh*
/ Smoke: {thinking} I don't remember... feeling this tired in a long while... / I wish I could just.. / Shut off the world...
/ Smoke: {thinking} Just... A few minutes http://grayling.arborwin.com/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi?date=20020606 |
| Grayling - Friday, June 7, 2002 | Fern: Whilst sitting there in a greasy, stinky phone booth, I got to thinking... Geez, I must be really exacerbating this situation with my irritating behavior. Smoke really doesn't deserve this, especially now when he has SO much to deal with.
/ Fern: I know it taxes your patience to deal with me constantly... I don't make sincere attempts to curb my own behavior, which i know must be frustrating... / And so, after getting off the banana shaped-thing I used to talk with the hospital, I made a personal vow to apologize to you and try my very hardest to be helpful and kind for the rest of the trip.
/ Fern: BUT IF I HAD ANY IDEA THAT YOU WERE GOING TO LOSE CAL, I WOULDN'T HAVE BOTHERED! / Smoke: Stop being a bitch and help me look for him. http://grayling.arborwin.com/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi?date=20020607 |
| Grayling - Saturday, June 8, 2002 | Fern: I cant *believe* you just fell asleep and let this happen! This city has millions of people! How the hell are we going to find him again!? / Smoke: Would you calm down? I was tired, he wandered away, it's that simple. We'll find him again.
/ Smoke: He's old enough to take care of himself. / If he isn't, then nobody is. http://grayling.arborwin.com/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi?date=20020608 |
| Grayling - Sunday, June 9, 2002 | Meanwhile... / Morse: "Frozen Tears: Life Among the Suburban Snowmen" By Amber D. Heartlong. Oh that's *definitely* a must have - if I wanted to kill myself, that is. http://grayling.arborwin.com/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi?date=20020609 |
| Grayling - Monday, June 10, 2002 | Morse: ...I've only been here a couple of minutes and it feels like someone is staring at me... / Morse: Oh my God! I've lost my bag! Where is it?! I just had it a second ago! / Morse: I must remain calm. I have everything in that bag. It must be somewhere. I'll find it. I will find it. I WILL. / Cal: Pardon me, young lady...are you all right? http://grayling.arborwin.com/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi?date=20020610 |
| Grayling - Tuesday, June 11, 2002 | Morse: I lost my bag... / Cal: Oh, that's easy! Here it is.
/ Morse: My BAG!! Thank you Thank you THANK you! / Morse: Wait a second...does this mean you stole it?
/ Cal: I had to check it for shiny things. / Morse: Uh...normally people don't just take other peoples' things, you know....
/ Cal: Er..well, I'll make it up to you...I think I have something in my pockets... / Cal: Will this do? / Fern: I can't believe you put all our travel money in Cal's pockets.
/ Smoke: I thought it would be best if we kept all our important things in one place... http://grayling.arborwin.com/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi?date=20020611 |
| Grayling - Wednesday, June 12, 2002 | Fern: I can't wait to get home and away out of this mortal-infested cess pool. These people can't even stifle their own natural putrid reek and here they make machines to produce even more..Being around all these people gives me the heebie-jeebies. They live in these little cardboard houses and drive tincan cars and think they'll live forever through their fat, stupid lazy progeny.
/ [He can go on like this for quite some time n_n;] / Smoke: I'm tired. Let's stop for the night. / Fern: ....No. I hate hotels.
/ Smoke: I'm not going any further , and I'm not sleeping on the street. You'll sleep here and like it. / Smoke: Do you allow pets? http://grayling.arborwin.com/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi?date=20020612 |
| Grayling - Thursday, June 13, 2002 | Smoke: Settle down Fern.. I'm sure he's in a safe place...
/ Fern: Unless he fainted again.. What if he's in the gutter somewhere.. Or someone hurt him or kidnapped him or any MANNER of things...Sleep's not going to be too good tonight... / Morse: Mom, this is Cal, a random guy I met in the bookstore who is willing to give me lots of money for no particular reason." / Mother: It's been so long since Morse made a new friend!
/ Morse: Oh, and he's nice too.
/ Cal: Very pleased to meet you, Morse's mom! http://grayling.arborwin.com/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi?date=20020613 |
| Grayling - Friday, June 14, 2002 | Cal: Your mom is very nice for letting me stay over like this.
/ Morse: She's a bit oblivious about things pertaining to me, which is sometimes useful. / Cal: Well, still, she's a very kind lady.
/ Morse: Uh huh. Here's the guest room, you can sleep here. / Morse: Good night!
/ Cal: Night! See you in the morning light! / Morse: What a funny guy...He's so cheerful...... http://grayling.arborwin.com/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi?date=20020614 |
| Grayling - Saturday, June 15, 2002 | next morning... / Cal: "So this is your school?" Morse: "Yeah. It's nothing exciting, that's why I told you I didn't think you'd want to go."
/ Cal: "I get the feeling you don't like your school very much." Morse: "Does any kid? It's boring, smelly, and unfortunately, I'm not very skilled at making friends."
/ Cal: "Well, it looks like you have a friend right over there, calling you! Hello, she's over here!"
/ Morse: "Wha?! NOOO!" http://grayling.arborwin.com/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi?date=20020615 |
| Grayling - Sunday, June 16, 2002 | Cal: "Heavens, what's so bad about him?" Morse: "Fletcher is a pathetic geek who thinks that because I don't completely ignore him like other girls, I'm his emotional toilet. He always comes to me with his stupid problems."
/ Cal: "Well, I can certainly see how that might be irritating.. But surely he's not all that bad.. he must let you talk sometimes, surely..." Morse: "He is ALWAYS around, he never leaves me alone! And if I try to avoid him, he goes into a mysogynistic rant about how all girls hate him. Like it's my fault he has such an annoying personality. He seriously needs to grow up. I don't know why he's so desperate for my company, anyway. He doesn't let me get a word in edge-wise."
/ Cal: "Oh my." Morse: "Yeah but his usual response is 'Why are you talking?' or an entire lecture about how everything I had just said was wrong and stupid. As far as he's concerned, he's the only person on the planet." Fletcher: "Hi Morse! Who's the anorexic guy?" http://grayling.arborwin.com/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi?date=20020616 |
| Grayling - Monday, June 17, 2002 | Fletcher: "This is great! Now we have enough players for my new RPG! Of course, you're both amateurs, but I suppose we could make a near-decent game of it with me in charge." Cal: "Well...."
/ Morse: "I told you once and I'll tell you again, I'm not playing your stupid games anymore, and Cal isn't either." Fletcher: "Well I understand that you might be bitter about it because you're so bad at it but..." Cal: "!!!" http://grayling.arborwin.com/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi?date=20020617 |
| Grayling - Tuesday, June 18, 2002 | Cal: "Oohhh..."
/ Morse: "What's up, Cal? That's the trophy case." Cal: "They're /shiny!/"
/ Fletcher: "Uh..Maybe he won't play after all. He seems to have rather low intelligence." Morse: "I don't know about that, but SOMEone is low on SOMEthing around here." http://grayling.arborwin.com/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi?date=20020618 |
| Grayling - Wednesday, June 19, 2002 | Cal: "What do we do now?" Morse: "Nothing. This is just homeroom. You're supposed to sit still and be quiet. Like I can't do this at home." Cal: "...Amazing ...I can actually /feel/ my will to live being slowly leeched away..."
/ two hours later... Cal: "Your health teacher did not seem to appreciate my lecture on genetically altered cockroach zygotes."
/ two more hours later... Cal: "Your biology teacher certainly got angry, didn't she? And just over a few frogs that came back to life! Where did she say we were going now? The principal's office?" Morse: "My life is over." http://grayling.arborwin.com/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi?date=20020619 |
| Grayling - Thursday, June 20, 2002 | Fern: "Well, Cal's almost completely muddled his trace, but we've narrowed it down to an area of the city that's roughly six blocks square, give or take a few blocks."
/ Fern: "It's fairly obvious he doesn't want to be found. We can't just go door to door and ask if he's there. There's thousands of people living in this one area. But WHY doesn't he want us to find him is the question.. What the hell could he be doing in an urban residential area? There's nothing particularly interesting about it."
/ Smoke: "Well...you know Cal. It's normal for him to make absolutely no sense." Fern: "Mm hm....Look, no hands!" Smoke: "..... I think you've had enough to drink..." http://grayling.arborwin.com/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi?date=20020620 |
| Grayling - Friday, June 21, 2002 | dragging Fern home.. a formidable task in itself Fern: "wheeeehehee... Shmoooke..." Smoke: "Mm." Fern: "D'you shee what I shee?" Smoke: "Mm?"
/ Curtis: "Well, well. Callaneriallians. I thought I smelled something funny a moment ago. What brings you two losers to this neck of the mortal woods?"
/ Smoke: "Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm afraid Fern is beyond provocation at the moment, Curtis." Fern: "hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii cuuuuurtiishhh." http://grayling.arborwin.com/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi?date=20020621 |
| Grayling - Saturday, June 22, 2002 | Curtis: "Sheesh. I wouldn't mind being hammered myself at the moment. But duty calls and all. Is he gonna be all right?" Smoke: "He'll be fine in the morning. Technically, we're not supposed to drink while on a mission either. But he got so riled up over losing Cal, I thought I'd let him unwind a little.
/ Curtis: "Mm..Well, to answer your question from before, I'm out here on a routine call to go meet some girl and protect her from dangerous branch member activity. Lemanerial sent me personally and told me her exact whereabouts..."
/ Curtis: "In other words, a typical 'Callaneriallians are evil and you should avoid them at all costs or you'll meet a nasty, horrible death' mission." Smoke: "At least you're honest about it."
/ Curtis: "Well...kidding aside...He didn't specifically tell me you guys would be around and all. Losing a primary is a serious thing, and in alien territory it's best for branch members to stick together. So you guys can come with me tomorrow & see if Cal's with this girl if you want." http://grayling.arborwin.com/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi?date=20020622 |
| Grayling - Sunday, June 23, 2002 | next morning...!
/ Fern: "Hey. Question, professor. Why the hell is this asshole still around?" Smoke: "It was decided while you were incapacitated that we would go with him today with the possibility of finding cal with his assistance." Fern: "I don't care what so-called 'information' he has, he annoys me and I want him to GO AWAY."
/ (Smoke in his animal form, a melcey. He floats too! isn't he cute? n_n chibi smoke: Be quiet.)
/ Curtis: "I can't imagine why you think so negatively of me, Moranerial! Oh, perhaps it's how I always make sure to mention what a LAME EXCUSE for a secondary you are! Or how ASHAMED I would be if I had to even be in the same BRANCH as a smelly, drunk, irresponsible clod who slaughters innocent ch--" Fern: "SHUT. UP." Curtis: "Aww, short people are so /cute/ when they're angry." Smoke: "When Fern is finished scattering your body parts, I'll be waiting over here." http://grayling.arborwin.com/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi?date=20020623 |
| Grayling - Monday, June 24, 2002 | Curtis: "This is the place, more or less. She should be living around here somewhere." Smoke: "Let's split up. Give a call if you find anything."
/ 15 minutes later...
/ Curtis: "Well, this is the place all right. It's crawlin' with Callaneriallian aura, or whatever you call it. Hey, where'd carrot top go off to?" Smoke: "...."
/ Fern: "Ah ha. Just in time for lunch." http://grayling.arborwin.com/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi?date=20020624 |
| Grayling - Tuesday, June 25, 2002 | Fern: "So. I hear you have..../mice/." Store clerk: "Indeed we do. Any kind in particular you're looking for?"
/ Fern: "Um... Delicious ones?" Store clerk: "Ah, you're looking to feed your snake, I assume. Here are some nice white mice, if you're interested. This brings back memories. I used to keep snakes." Fern: "Really?"
/ Store clerk: "Yeah, but now I just have Merle, my ferret. Get to take care of all the critters here too, though, so I don't miss having so many of my own. How long have you had yours?" Fern: "Oh.. a long time.." Store clerk: "I'll ring those mice up for you." http://grayling.arborwin.com/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi?date=20020625 |
| Grayling - Wednesday, June 26, 2002 | Morse: "Well, that went better than I expected, for my first visit to the school office. The principal seemed mad at first but all of a sudden he went pretty quiet.... I thought he'd at least give me a lecture or whatever...He just said, 'Go home.'" Cal: "Maybe he didn't understand the problem. What are we going to do now???" Morse: "Well.. most of the time after school I go to the bookstore.. or the pet store.. it's right over there..."
/ Fern: ".....Well I'll be damned. There he is, and he's headed straight towards me."
/ Smoke: "The game's afoot, Curtis." Curtis: "Mm, I'm awake, I'm awake.." http://grayling.arborwin.com/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi?date=20020626 |
| Grayling - Thursday, June 27, 2002 | Fern: "Cal!!! We've been looking ALL OVER for you! Phew, you look fine.. We were worried.. It's no joke losing someone in a major city.. and for some reason branch connections are weak here or something.. AND you're awake. I guess Smoke was wrong, huh? You feeling all right? If there's any problem, we can take care of it at home. Too dangerous here..."
/ Fern: "I'm so GLAD to see you!" *HUG*
/ Cal: "..." Fern: "Now we can get the hell out of this stupid city.."
/ Cal: "AAAAHHHH! HELP!!! A PERVERT'S GOT ME!" Fern: "Huh?! A pervert?! Where?!" http://grayling.arborwin.com/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi?date=20020627 |
| Grayling - Friday, June 28, 2002 | Cal: *whimper* Morse: "What are you DOING?! Get your hands off him!" Fern: "I didn't DO anything! And who the hell are you?!"
/ Morse: "Look, you have 2 seconds to get out of here before I call the police. It's disgusting people like you who make me hate living in the city." Fern: "Kid, it's people like *you* who make me dread getting out of bed every day." Cal: "I ... I feel so /violated!/" http://grayling.arborwin.com/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi?date=20020628 |
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