Guardian challenge
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What a feverish dream you have there, Kai.
Also, Yay! I was wondering when Rex would show up!
But what a great dream it is for you all to read about xD
Kon and Khan, huh? Well, at a glance, they seem to be near-homophones, so I’m anticipating some verbal confusion later on.
Also, nice to finally have a reason why no one can remember the attempt at their journey! Built-in spoiler-prevention magic is every dungeon-maker’s dream.
And finally, very glad to see my worries on the previous page were unfounded. Nothing like a pleasant surprise to improve one’s mood!
Actually, Kon and Khan, the way I pronounce it, don’t sound alike enough to be confused easily. That might be because of me not being native english, so maybe they ARE pronounced almost the same xD
And yes, spoiler prevention is great xD
Nah, you’re clear. Kon is pronounced Con and Khan? Well, if you ever watched Star Trek, you’ll know how THAT’S pronounced!
Although it did enable me to do a Chilli Con carne(Khany) joke in the poem.
They’re wrapped up like it’s gone Chilly,
which is apt as they’re Kon Khany.
One has all the menace he needs
and the other’s got the blarney.
The pair will challenge Kai again,
just like they do in real life;
who needs enemies to challenge
when half your friends give you such strife?
But he won them over outside
internally they still challenge.
Thinking. After that Doctor’s trip
did Kai get his Benji revenge?
Nice poem , as always . But ………. I don’t remember when Benji has challenged Kai IRL ? ^_^”
I was meaning he still hasn’t got Benji back for winding him up at the beginning of the Doctor story…
Kon and Khan. Are those names pronounced differently?
I imagine the former is pronounced “cone”.
Khan (the wrath of) versus (king) kon(g)
That’s immediately how my mind saw the pronunciations. The author might have been thinking differently though.
I suspect they’re pronounced the same. 1- Just for the author’s amusment…and ours. 🙂 2- That would be (I believe) proper pronunciation with that spelling according to the rules of English (in the U.S., not sure about U.K. ;-)) (I suspect reason #1 to be the more likely though. ;-))
Kon is pronounced like how you say ‘on’ just add a K in front.
Khan is pronounced with the ha sounding like the A in ‘far’ but a bit longer. Think Ghengis Khan.
Riddle me this!
One of us tell truth only, the other only lies.
Better answer right, or you’ll never touch the skies!
Kai proceeds to breathe fire on Khan. Kon starts yelling “You torched my brother!” while Khan yells “You didn’t torch me, and it doesn’t hurt!”
Now that’s a novel way of dealing with that riddle xD
Wish I could take the credit, but that’s an Order of the Stick reference.
I kinda did that in a D&D session, but I just slapped on of them in the face instead of shooting one of them with an arrow ^^
I do know the correct way to solve the door riddle, but this way was more fun.
A classic, and used too much for me to use it here xD
Well , Benji was already funny ; but Rex be “lioned” now …………. If he learns it , what would be his reaction ? XD
They’re the guardians of the stairs ? Such guardians are usually sit as Benji is in the fourth panel ………… and naked (kind of sphinxes)
Then , i’m now officially convinced that Kaya has putted something in the soup : nothing else can explain the weirdness of this dream ^_^”
You obviously don’t dream very often.
Never to such level of weirdness ^_^
I’m ready to bet the guardians of the next level will be Drago and Cheynas or Zuri ^_^
Honestly seems less weird as far as my own fever dreams go. If it’s weird dreams you want I can deliver:
can I interest you in the nightmare labarinth? Being chased eternally by hulking body horror sentries taunting you as they chase you to break your spirit. Your only hope of respite; finding another person and hope the sentries all chase him instead, but even that is temporary.
Or perhaps you’re the kind for reality, but runny on the edges, a constant uncanny offness where you might not realize you were dreaming upon waking, having to take a moment to remember that cats don’t talk or the strange weather you were dealing with all day wasn’t real.
Or lastly, the time dilation simulation. Going through what feels like a full week of tedious tasks, “go to bed Friday” and wake up exhausted as you realize it’s only Monday.
All these and more brought to you by my subconscious on germs.
“Kon” and “Kahn” are both male, so maybeee -Viper- and Cheynas or Zuri? Or just Cheynas -and- Zuri?? 🙂
Kai “knows” Drago and Cheynas since he’s surely noticed them during the basket-ball challenge (especially Drago) . About Zuri , he’s “met” her at the snackhouse ^_^
But i don’t remember he’s already seen or met Viper ………
The soup was fine, no need to worry :p
And Rex would at least be happy it’s a lion and not a bunny or something xD
Well , a guard bunny : would it be credible ? XD
@Panther:
Well, I guess it depends on how well Kai remembers his “Monty Python & the Holy Grail”…
…& if so, then the rabbit’s name should be “Fear”…
… as in: “Fear the Bunny!”
😉 … 😛 … 🙂
“…Timesplitters!”
Challenge 1: climb up the remainder of the stairs without passing us.
Oh, if only xD
Jesse’s Adventure, panel 4: There shouldn’t be an apostrophe in “wendigos” and I think you mean “service”, singular.
“Services” is right. There’s more than one of them in most countries. To use the U.K. as an example, we have MI5 for domestic intelligence and MI6 for foreign work.
Ah, did I really make a mistake in wendigo’s? Darn, I must have been distracted.
LOLed at Rex being the other lion! Well now we know what the deal with memories is about! What devious challenge will Ben… Kon come up with for Kai? Looking forward to the next one!
I doubt anyone has seen the Rex lion coming, so it was a great surprise ^^
I just have to…
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!
That would have been really funny in-comic if Khan had said something to undermine all that Kon said. LOL
What’s that from?
“Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan” movie. Line was said by Captain Kirk; possibly right after Khan killed his son. Been too long and I’ve forgotten the details.
Khan didn’t kill his son. It’s from where Khan ‘maroons’ Kirk in an ice cave to die.
Are you sure Khan didn’t kill Kirk’s son? I’m pretty sure SOMEone did. (May not have been where that line was used though.)
Okay; did my research. Kirk’s son was killed by the Klingon, Captain Kruge, in the next movie, “Star Trek: The Search for Spock”.
For those who want to see the shout, it’s in this list at number 7
The list is questionable costumes in movies but the cry is there.
https://youtu.be/FKmS1ihhprM
Sorry. Number 8
Kai know how this story structure works, or at least as a good ideo of how it’s supposed to play out
Yeah, he’s most likely seen this kind of thing before :p
The challenge is to answer the question: “What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?”
European or african ? XD
What? I don’t know that!
*Gets memory erased himself*
xD
Nice way to resolve this xD
The real question is how does a 5 ounce swallow carry a 1 pound coconut?
Twilight zone XD
Supposing 2 swallows carried it together?
Benji isn’t very changed with a mane because his normal hairs as an hedgehog’s ones . But for Rex , it changes really from his usual : near totally a new character ^_^”
Haha, Benji will be pleased hearing about his hedgehog hair xD
“So your job is basically to sit on the cornerstones all day and wait for travellers to come along? What are the promotion prospects? After ten years you get cushions, maybe?”
Pff, after ten years, you should be happy you get any visitors at all! Cushions? Forget about that.
Why do I feel like Benji – I mean, uh, “Kon” is going to give something super easy, whereas R- “Kahn” is going to be incredibly difficult? I mean, I know why, it’s a mix of Benji’s personality and the expression in the last panel, plus the fact that this is Kai’s dream and he still can’t quite beat Rex at basketball, but still. I’m making a snap judgement call here. Next week it seems I’ll find out whether or not that call is correct. Either way it’s a pleasure to read as always Robin. I love Benji’s expressions when he’s telling stories. Between seeing him as a Dungeon Master and Riddle Master, his passion always seems to shine through, even in this dream world. You really do put so much life and so much overall believability onto into each and every one of your characters. It never ceases to amaze me. Keep it up Robin, and as always, stay awesome!
“Riddle Master” made me think of The Riddler from the 1960s “Batman” tv show! LOL
Thanks Alpha 😀
Who knows, Benji’s challenge might turn out really hard xD
He’s the Catacomb Master after all :p
But who knows. We’ll see next week xD
Lion-dogs, eh? Clever. I see the kids’ new friend is rubbing off on them, even if they don’t know it.
Yeah, maybe xD
I love the idea of “Rex” and “Benji” being brothers 😍
After the C&D arc, they became buddies, so they have the dynamic going on :p
Anybody else notice how Kon & Khan just magically appeared when Kai tried to start going up the next set of stairs? Look back at the previous comic and they are not there when we see the next flight of stairs after Kai & Lilo make it to that platform. It’s only when Kai sets foot on the next flight of stairs that they appear. Invisibility or just one of those weird shifts dreams will do from one moment to the next?
I’d lean toward the latter, especially when the dream itself is already pretty “weird”. 😉
I indeed made it like that. Dreams don’t always have to abide by the rules, right :p
Kon and Khan magically appearing seemed to fit nicely in the overall theme of the dream as well ^^
…Playing battleship! (Reference to Bill And Ted’s Bogus Journey)
*checks velocities of unladen African swallows*
Great Monty python and the holy grail reference.
Wait… KON??? (I am a bleach fan.)
Kon: “And the first challenge will be…um…I can’t remember what the challenge was. Do you know what it was?”
Khan: “I thought you knew! Last I remember we were beta-testing the challenges, and apparently it was a good one because I couldn’t solve it, and you know, rules are rules…”
Kon: “Solve it? Wait, solve what?”
Khan: “The challenge!”
Kon: “What challenge?”
Kai: “Um…is this going to take a while?”
Khan: “It’s already taken too long!”
CLIFFHANGER NOOOOoo