Comic 557 - Metabolism
10th Sep 2020, 12:00 AM in Dragon Slayers
Metabolism
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Microraptor 10th Sep 2020, 12:00 AM edit delete
Microraptor
Yes, this story has been about Mira learning to appreciate her sword more the whole time... ;-)

I swear, this wasn't my initial intention when I came up with this plot point, but it occurred to me that this story involving Starry Wisdom has kinda the opposite outcome than the one in Flyover Country:
Back then, a sword with supernatural properties got destroyed, while here a new one got created.
And the irony on top of that: Starry Wisdom didn't realize what happened to this sword - and simply gave it back to its owner!
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Stilldown 10th Sep 2020, 12:37 AM edit delete reply
Stilldown
Those idiots should have bottled the blood instead of using it as bathwater. Just imagine the screwdrivers, spanners and drills dipped into this! They would have a quality that isn't available for many decades any more, or even better. A razorblade, a breadknife or a spade for the whole life, or rather generations.
Or a classic Mercedes taken apart and every part covered with it.
Microraptor 10th Sep 2020, 1:58 AM edit delete reply
Microraptor
...should have bottled the blood...

Oh, regarding that, wait for next page! ;-)
Stilldown 10th Sep 2020, 5:32 AM edit delete reply
Stilldown
Makes me think of Robert Kraft's Nihilit.
Microraptor 10th Sep 2020, 9:02 AM edit delete reply
Microraptor
I didn't know of nihilit, but some googling reveals that it's some kind of special/magic metal...

Though there are certainly many examples for something like this in fantasy works, like most famously mithril in Tolkien's legendarium, or relatively more recently Valyrian steel in A Song of Ice and Fire, of which its forging may require dragon fire...
Stilldown 10th Sep 2020, 3:08 PM edit delete reply
Stilldown
Yes, Kraft (like his colleague Laßwitz often called the "German Verne") did write the story in 1909. It is a metal that is almost indestructable, so that it can be used as layer over wood or clay to produce deadly weapons and armor, and it is in the hands ofa cruel, agressive culture that was isolated from the world before an expedition finds them.

PS: Not to be confused with the material Nihilit in the later story of Kusenberg.
lirvilas 10th Sep 2020, 2:30 AM edit delete reply
lirvilas
lol of course she goes and immediately destroys some stuff

Reading your comic on Wednesday really helps keep the work week moving!
Microraptor 10th Sep 2020, 9:09 AM edit delete reply
Microraptor
Sometimes my characters gotta act like closet psychopaths... :-)

And thank you very much! It's nice to hear that my little comic can actually contribute to brighten people's day!! :-D
The Doodler 11th Sep 2020, 1:14 PM edit delete reply
The Doodler
“At least I don’t have to listen to those stupid birds now.”
Microraptor 11th Sep 2020, 9:49 PM edit delete reply
Microraptor
There is always a silver lining! :-D

(Lena walks along a street, hears someone shouting lewd stuff at her, angrily looks up, expecting to see some leering construction workers or something - but it's just a swarm of birds in a tree...)
The Doodler 12th Sep 2020, 7:42 AM edit delete reply
The Doodler
*undignified hyena laughter*
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