Applied Living

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Trouble in Paradise

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on July 8, 2007

Thus continues ApL,, a webcomic by Shaun and Dave.

It flows and floods your consciousness like a dammed river does not.

Or, alternatively:

CHARON: Welcome to the River of the Damned, the Styx. I'm Charon, and today I'll be your pilot and guide across these wretched waters. Keep your limbs and extremities within the bounds of my boat, lest they be torn and rent by the furious souls of the condemned, and lest they pull you into their liquid hell.
DAVE: Pfft, no. We're ApL. We cross the tributaries of the underworld OURSELVES. [Dave crosses the Styx by himself. Shaun struggles to find a decent play on words involving 'dammed river' and 'River of the Damned', and instead writes a two-line play with words.]

It's like a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure book. That's how great we are.

Dave and I actually e-mailed Matt Boyd to see if he wanted to finish this strip for us (after Shaun walks out), but he declined (as in, didn't even respond to our question, though he did respond to the e-mail, to his credit), so Dave added a nice little twist to everything with a touch of his own writing.

Also, MacHall #99 can be found here, in order to clarify our nifty allusion. Except, don't actually go there, because then you'll be reading MacHall and not Applied Living. And that's just not good for anyone.

Dave is going to continue to touch ApL and all of our hearts with his writing for the next week, meaning this comic will be funny and entertaining once more.

Enjoy.

–Shaun

SHAUN- Heh, time for a bit of the rough and tumble!
DAVE- Death to you all!
SHAUN- 10 - 6 = 4 MISS.
SHAUN- Misses DEADLINE.
DEADLINE- 20 + 356 = 376 HIT.
DEADLINE- Critical hit.
SHAUN- Takes 2,305 crushing damage from DEADLINE (0 resisted).
SHAUN- Uhh… perhaps I'm a… bit more hurt than… than I thought.
SHAUN- Death.
DAVE- Casts Resurrection.
DEADLINE- 20 + 356 = 36 HIT.
DEADLINE- Critical hit.
DAVE- Takes 2,305 crushing damage from DEADLINE (0 resisted).
DAVE- Spell interrupted.
DAVE- I… I am surely close to death.
DAVE- Death.

Go play Baldur's Gate.