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Chapter 4 Page 8

stabbyfairy

on Sept. 28, 2007

Whoaaaaa, uploading this gives me almost a whole month's buffer. I'm gonna need it though.
Skye's Amazing Pockety Shorts are probably the closest this comic will ever get to a Bag Of Holding. The things she can fit in there… XD
I went through a couple of different ideas for how to deal with the robbers and this was the best one. This bit is me practising how to write a believable ending to things before I start writing situations that have bearing on the overall plot, and I think it came out quite well.
The first (very brief) conclusion involved Martin kicking some arse, but it only took a second's thought to realise how very out-of-character that would be. Unless there's no other solution, he prefers to confuse the other guy and then run away (as seen in Chapter 1). He's quite a smart guy and he'd have decided straight away that he couldn't fight his way out. He's outnumbered, probably outgunned and he has no idea if a) either of the girls can fight or b) the guys would use the girls as hostages. So he's staying quiet.
The second idea involved Fyrinae handing over some illusory money but there were so many problems with that it didn't merit as much thought as I gave it. I decided that since they knew she was an illusionist they wouldn't trust her as far as they can throw her (a sensible conclusion), and if one of them isn't a dispeller they'd take her and the money to a bank where there WOULD be one. That would've taken up far more plot space than I was willing to give it, and she'd have had to find ANOTHER way to weasel out of it and it probably would've become a recurring plot strand, which I didn't want it to be. So that idea was out.
Which just left Skye. Now, how could Skye logically save the day? Find out… Next page! XD