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| tripwire | Kyotoshi: Kid! / I'd scream, but...
/ I can't make noise. / All I wanted...
/ Was the sliding into memories to stop...Just for a second. / Kyotoshi: Ki ** Wa** man, y** Craika Come on *** get on *** ou ** the **er any minute what if **hy see you ***e ca**ust**here, man, you've got to get ***some**ng, p**end you're having a bad dream ***get up! We're right **der a light, there's nowh**to hi** es by right now, man, that's it! You've gotta g** attack me, bite me, gut me, just get **n ***andle this right now, I can't do this ****ight now man I can't be l*** in th***n the middle o*** breakd**** / I can't hear you.
/ They've got me. http://hekshano.com/comic183.php |
| hiding away | Got you?
/ Where ARE you?
/ Hey! / Are you okay?
/ Grey: I'm hiding. / Hiding?! Why?
/ Grey: From them. They bite. Don't make me leave. / Don't be silly. / They can't bite you here. They can't see you.
/ But you can't stay in this field. / Grey: Why not...?
/ You can't be happy here. http://hekshano.com/comic184.php |
| peaceful wasteland | Grey: Happy? / As a living creature, you are part of one tangable, real world.
/ While this world is your own, it's not "real."
/ You need to work to make your real world this managable. / Grey: This empty, you mean. / There's the reason you can't be happy here. Living things crave living things, to share our stories and experiences.
/ This place is yours alone. It will always be empty. / But in a way, it's good you could see it. / Grey: A wasteland? / Well...
/ It's your peace. http://hekshano.com/comic185.php |
| we're cowardly machinery | Though you're criticizing it... / When you were confronted with two things you couldn't face, you withdrew to find safety. / You came here. / Grey: This place is familiar.
/ Give me your hand. / I hate to do this, but...
/ We're all cowardly machinery.
/ You wouldn't leave, otherwise. http://hekshano.com/comic186.php |
| a mild dislike of it | Grey: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA / I hate drowning.
/ I try not to do it often. / Grey: Ang-AAGH! / Kyotoshi: Kid! Talk to me! Are you back?! Can you move?!
/ Oh. http://hekshano.com/comic187.php |
| language barriers | Kyotoshi: Holy craika, are you okay? You just...went down back there and didn't come back.
/ Fuck.
/ Kyotoshi: I moved you- Sorry- But it's gang territory.
/ Fuck, fuck, fuck.
/ Kyotoshi: C'mon, talk to me, is there somethin' I should do?
/ Are you gonna be alright? / My head is ringing. I can't breathe right. My nose and eyes feel wrong. I feel nauseous.
/ But I don't know how to say any of that.
/ All I can say is... / Grey: I'm dizzy.
/ Kyotoshi: Well...hang in there, okay? We're nearly to Kammi's. / I hate this language. / Kyotoshi: Once we get there, stuff'll start to take care of itself and we can both relax a little bit.
/ You'll see. It'll be okay. http://hekshano.com/comic188.php |
| a one way screen | We walk more. The smell of machine oil and burnt ozone gradually increases.
/ My hands won't stop shaking. / His won't either. / Kyotoshi: Kammi? I got a problem.
/ Again. / Kammi: Aren't you lucky. http://hekshano.com/comic189.php |
| defense mode activated | Kammi: I just had half of Damurai's police force in my shop, asking if I'd seen any weird humans, or given any pilots enough stims lately to fly out. Kyo, you recall I don't like cops?
/ Kyotoshi: Shit. I mean-
/ Kammi: D'you recall why? I think it had to do with getting BUSTED thanks to your little pal.
/ Kyotoshi: Wait...
/ Kammi: You're either real stupid, or real ballsy.
/ Kyotoshi: Wait-
/ Kammi: Funny thing, though! I got the crazy notion you're about to ask ME for another favour!
/ Kyotoshi: Hey, hold on!
/ Kammi: But y'know? I imagine if I pound your ass into the pavement, you'll know not to ask me! http://hekshano.com/comic190.php |
| what disturbs a monster | I was on the edge.
/ I wanted to kill her.
/ I wanted to twist her arm 'til it came out of the socket. I wanted to stomp her ribs 'til I heard them snapping.
/ I resisted.
/ But she knew it. / Kammi: Your friend, here... / Kammi: I can see why the cops were askin' about Humans.
/ It bothered her. / Kammi: Alright.
/ What've I gotta do to get you the fuck outta here? / Kyotoshi: Contura.
/ We need to get to Contura. http://hekshano.com/comic191.php |
| an unwelcome welcome | Kammi: Contura? What's your business there? / Kyotoshi: N-no business!
/ Chovek thinks a big, heavily populated area is a good place to hide and regroup. / Kammi: He's smart. / Kammi: Conturians and Chuians are long-time trade partners to the Rulerists.
/ They can't force military intervention. / Kyotoshi: Huh? / Kammi: I'm saying you can disappear there. / Kammi: So, since Jet can't make a long haul, let alone fly a large plane...
/ It becomes my problem? http://hekshano.com/comic192.php |
| not doing well | Kyotoshi: Kammi, I ain't askin for you to up and fly us offworld.
/ It's just you're the only one who really knows what pilots are totally safe. / Kyotoshi: The issue is we need someone who not only ain't gonna get us killed, but won't turn us in. / Kammi: ... / Kammi: That actually made fucking sense.
/ You must be sober.
/ Wait here. / Kyotoshi: Fuck. / I was worried. / Kyotoshi: F-fucking fuck. / He was shaking worse than I was. / Kyotoshi: Hey... / Neither of us was doing well. http://hekshano.com/comic193.php |
| it's easy | Kyotoshi: Not that I don't appriciate it, but...
/ This is the second time you've saved me from a beatdown.
/ Ain't you blind?
/ Grey: Yes.
/ Kyotoshi: Then how'd you know- / Grey: Same way I know you're sick. / Grey: People move. The air around them moves. / Grey: They smell. They make noise. / Grey: They're predictable. I learned to predict. It's easy. / kyotoshi: ...
/ Yer fuckin' SCARY, dude. http://hekshano.com/comic194.php |
| the end of a fight | Kammi: Okay, girls. This is the best I got.
/ Actual cargo SHIP- Pretty reputable crew if you don't cause shit.
/ So don't cause shit.
/ Lifts in three hours from a private shipyard. Maybe earlier. You wanna go straight there. / I had a feeling I had "caused shit." / Kyotoshi: They're smuggling us?
/ Kammi: You and about seventy others.
/ Kyotoshi: How far's it?
/ Kammi: Far enough. It's a long walk, so- / Kammi: SHIT! http://hekshano.com/comic195.php |
| out the back way | Kammi: Get in the storage room! Move! Now!
/ Kyotoshi: I...Craika...gunshots...
/ Kammi: SHUT UP AND MOVE! / It's a distinct sound. The military uses special issue handguns, with a modified deep-impacting glaser-style bullet.
/ Once you hear the sound of one firing into flesh, you don't forget. / I knew it. Evidently, Kyo and Kammi did too.
/ Kyotoshi: That shot...
/ God, it was just like... / Kammi: Follow me. We don't have time.
/ Kyotoshi: I can't-
/ Kammi: You've gotta leave out back, through the alley. / Kammi: It's clear.
/ You should be safe if you avoid the streets.
/ Take this. http://hekshano.com/comic196.php |
| haunted | Kyo: H...Huh?
/ What's this? / Kammi: Important. Figured you forgot. It used to be Jet's. / Kammi: It's time. / Kammi: Don't get killed. / Kammi: If you do... / Kammi: You'll prolly fucking haunt me. http://hekshano.com/comic197.php |
| just admit it | Kyo: ...Kid?
/ Grey: Yes?
/ Kyo: ...I feel sick. / Grey: ..And I feel dizzy.
/ Grey: (thought) Every gunshot we heard was a taunt to me, and a nail in the coffin for him.
/ But for all we could hear...
/ There were no people. / Grey: (thought) We kept walking. http://hekshano.com/comic198.php |
| i remember | Kyo: Kid, I...
/ It bothers me.
/ Grey: What? / Kyo: The shots. Everyone...
/ And a life just...
/ Goes out.
/ It shouldn't...
/ It shouldn't be so fast. / Cultist1: If that's how you feel, heretic...
/ We'll keep it nice and slow for you. / Cultist1: Remember us, kitty?
/ Don't move. / Cultist1: You'll be just fine. We like you. / Grey: No. / Grey: I don't remember you.
/ But I remember... http://hekshano.com/comic199.php |
| all tactics | Grey: This. http://hekshano.com/comic200.php |
| welcome back | Cultist2: Tch, stupid heretic.
/ Enna, heal yourself and show him-
/ Cultist3: GOD DAMNIT COR!
/ This isn't a game! He just cut her throat! / Shadow: Not too bad.
/ Although, now the left hand is too slick to hold the knife, and I'm clumsy with the right.
/ But for being so long out of practice...
/ Come on. I missed this. / Cultist3: Hey, Human! When you're done talking to yourself-
/ I want a word! / Shadow: Heh.
/ Fun. / Shadow: I told you...
/ You're their music box. http://hekshano.com/comic201.php |
| first blood drawn | [no text] http://hekshano.com/comic202.php |
| freight train | Shadow: Well, hello there.
/ You see me? Interesting.
/ You should probably be in a hospital. / Shadow: I suppose this is our first meeting, then.
/ And your first time seeing him kill? / Shadow: To keep fighting... / Shadow: Blow after blow... / Shadow: It turns into an obsession. / Shadow: It's like a speeding freight train.
/ I think you should know, stopping becomes difficult. http://hekshano.com/comic203.php |
| hands off | Shadow: Forget about her! / Shadow: You've got one right here! / Kyo: Kid...I'm... / Grey: AAAAGH! / Shadow: What?
/ I can't have him?
/ We're now picky? / Shadow: I'm sure Em would be glad to hear that. http://hekshano.com/comic204.php |
| bad connection | Grey: Em...
/ Shadow: Remember him? / Grey: AAAAAA! / Shadow: Hm. / Shadow: Bad connection. http://hekshano.com/comic205.php |
| a solid promise | Grey: (thinking) That shadow...
/ What right does it have in thinking that just so I feel guilty?
/ I can't do that.
/ There's no time. / Grey: We have to go.
/ I won't hurt you.
/ I promise. http://hekshano.com/comic206.php |
| a jagged circle | Kyo: I... / Kyo: Believe you. / Although it's not the smartest thing I've ever done. / Kyo: Wait...I...'m gonna be sick...
/ Grey: I know. Go. / Grey: (thinking) Kyo had been sick with myself as a witness before.
/ This wouldn't be the last time.
/ But now, the taint of blood in the vomit was overwhelmed by the blood soaking my clothes and skin.
/ I couldn't smell anything. http://hekshano.com/comic207.php |
| visualization | Kyo: Kid? / Kyo: Did I see...
/ What I saw? / Grey: I don't know...
/ Kyo: What I see.
/ Right. / Kyo: Me neither.
/ Grey: Stop.
/ (thinking) My hearing, on the other hand, was working just fine. http://hekshano.com/comic208.php |
| one more thing wrong | Grey: Listen. / Kyo: Shit. http://hekshano.com/comic209.php |
| what're you gonna do? | Kyo: They brought in tanks.
/ Looks like the gangs didn't like that.
/ Grey: (thinking) I really thought I'd be dragging him at this point. I guess I underestimated Kyo. He's still standing. / Grey: (thinking) In a way, that's bad for me.
/ Kyo: What are you gonna do? / Grey: (thinking) If he were to go down now...
/ (aloud) Come on. / Grey: (thinking) That'd be the end for both of us. http://hekshano.com/comic210.php |
| be my eyes | Grey: Be my eyes.
/ Kyo: What?
/ Grey: The tanks. Where are they?
/ Kyo: They... / Kyo: They're maybe 30 meters ahead?
/ To our left...That's where the fighting's at...
/ Grey: Our goal?
/ Kyo: Huh? / Grey: (thinking) Focus, God damn it. Just a little longer.
/ (aloud) The plane.
/ Kyo: Oh.
/ The shipyard's blocked off by tanks.
/ We'd have to sneak past those if we wanna get through... http://hekshano.com/comic211.php |
| no bounty if dead | Grey: (thinking) According to protocols, the tanks should have advanced from the drop point- the shipyard. They were still there. / Grey: Cover. Where?
/ Kyo: Other side of the street...There's a car up on its side.
/ I don't think you can see behind it. / Grey: (thinking) That meant Kyo's people had them at bay, which couldn't happen unless the Rulerists hadn't authorized use of deadly force. Yet.
/ (aloud) Can you run?
/ (thinking) They wanted me alive.
/ Kyo: I...guess. / Grey: (thinking) We wanted to be out of plain sight. If one side wanted me, so would the other. I would be a very useful hostage. http://hekshano.com/comic212.php |