Sundaes
Seems like these two didn’t order a drink :p
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So, less a Starbucks proxy and more a Dairy Queen proxy, then. I’ve seen coffee at DQ, but I’ve never seen ice cream at Starbucks.
It’s a kind of coffeeshop/diner mix that I came up with. The chain is called ‘Cometstruck Coffee’ and it also serves foods :p
“Cometstruck” LOL
That´s one hard to market name, it just doesn´t roll off the tongue easily.
But a nice nod, everyone knows what it hints and and thus creating a real world connection.
Reminds me of those Apple products you see in movies and shows with a “No Apple” logo on.
*snort* did she honestly expect her fellow moochers to settle for just a drink? also, i´m kinda worried about the contents of that bag, she´s obviously planning to sabotage the romero´s food wagon, so….rotten fish entrails that stink to high heaven?
Maybe, though if that’s what it is it must be in a sealed container in that sack or she would already be stinking up the restaurant they are at.
Possibly an unopened can of Surströmming if they’re really devilish.
Ready to be opened and tossed under the wagon.
Maybe shouldn’t give Kai ideas…
Well, Larissa is used to being listened to xD
I think everyone is worried about the bag that I went out of my way to draw in every panel so far xD
I think a number of us are just plain worried about what she’s planning on doing to get her revenge. I for one hope she’s not plotting on really getting even with Kaya because that might mean a shaving kit or something incendiary.
… Every panel? What about panel 5 on https://www.twindragonscomic.com/comic/gathering-of-the-witches/?
I didn’t say anything back then because it wasn’t so clearly an important detail.
That looks like it might have been a symptom of camera angle. (Or, not ‘camera’, but… you know what I mean.) In hand-drawn art, it can be difficult to determine what should and should not be visible from a given angle if the scene has something in it that would obscure things. In that instance, the perspective being slightly below the table and the positioning of Larissa’s arms and cup could conceivably obscure a significant portion of the bag
Any day but sundae
guarantees a mood
Larissa wanted drinks
but these two ordered food.
Will they lose their brunches
on seeing what’s in their
as Laalaa plots revenge
on her who burnt her hair?
The reveal comes next week –
well probably at least .
Will arguments ensue
over their little feast?
*on seeing what’s in there
Sorry.
Don’t apologise. Shoulda spotted that.
*gives a giant strawberries ice-cream sundae to Welsh*
Don’t be sad : errare humanum est
Besides, with the amount of poems he produces, there’s bound to be an error at some point. Theory of large numbers and all that. It’s inevitable. *Adds extra strawberry*
I love poetry I just write random poems about a bunch of random things
Whatever that strawberry thing is, I want 5 of them.
*Ponders about opening a food store chain to sell these*
Cometstruck coffee. With these strawberry sundaes, I will outperform Starbucks xD
I have a feeling Larissa’s bag is filled with fish guts. She probably thinks her little surprise for the twins will ruin their dad’s menu, she’s about to find out how wrong she is. Traditional Greek and Italian cooking are built around using ingredients that normally wouldn’t be considered, mostly because that’s what the peasantry had to deal with on a regular basis. For example, ravioli is traditionally made with leftover meat and vegetables from earlier that same the week or so that are probably close to spoiling. I’m pretty sure their dad will just look at the fish guts and start talking about he and Kai are going to prep them for cooking a new surprise menu item.
In our modern era, we know what is safe and not safe for consumption, but that wasn’t the case in quite a few prior eras. For example, tomatoes were thought to be toxic and sold at a dirt low price because they came from a similar plant to nightshade, which was a well-known toxic plant used for poisonings. Peasants at the time bought them because they were basically their best option, and were surprised to find the plants were not only not poisonous but also tasty and nutritious. Animal guts, especially those of fish, are technically edible, they just require far more cleaning and prep work than most cooks/chefs are willing to deal with or have time for.
But since Kai is helping out their dad, and likely knows most of what he needs to do to help out, he can probably adapt quickly to having few extra steps with a surprise ingredient bag, and I get the feeling their dad is more than willing to look at a difficult culinary problem and go “challenge accepted”
Tomatoes are not just similar to nightshade, they are nightshade. Eggplant, peppers and potatoes are from the nightshade family to ^^
My point still stands, they’re all part of the same family but medieval Europe was only familiar with the toxic plants in the family before those other plants were introduced to them.
If you look at Horse Nettle, aside from the abundant thorns, it looks kind of like a small tomato plant, and bears fruit that looks like cherry tomatoes. Don’t remember ever seeing a fruit that was red though.
Don’t remember seeing a fruit that was red?
Technically, tomatoes. I know they’re culinarily speaking vegetables, but they’re the part of the plant with seeds, so they’re fruit.
some apples
some cherries
strawberries
some mulberries
raspberries
some plums
…
There’s probably more I’m not remembering.
When you consider where she is working …
The problem with surprise ingredients is that you don’t know where they have been or what has been done to them. They might be poisoned or infected, either intentionally or through improper handling.
Checking whether some food is fresh or spoiled is easy. To check for toxins or bacteria is not a thing you can do on the fly in your kitchen. Boiling will kill infectious bacteria, but many kinds of toxins won’t be destroyed that way.
The one question about that is, though,… Will modern day people actually eat dishes prepared with fish guts and stuff usually thrown away? I know a lot of people that would totally be grossed out just knowing that it’s in there, let alone if it’s recognizable at all. Modern day man has become rather picky with what they eat :p
Which has also ironically made them have a less robust immune system, funny how exposing yourself to things that can make you not very healthy when you’re young can mean you have a better immune system.
Modern day people *do* actually eat these things.
Most of them don’t realize it, mind you.
And then there’s people who eat canned sardines who eat all of these things along with all of the rest of the fish, and many don’t even think about it.
If that bag contains poisonous fish or or other ocean life that was picked up by accident, then SOMEONE’S gonna be getting a lawsuit whether its Due Draghi, the fish vendors, or both! If that bag contains jellyfish, then I’m sure any Sea Turtle Hybrids will gladly eat said jellies, as they can safely digest jellyfish toxins/venom like their chelonian half (if Sea Turtle Hybrids are capable of safely eating jellyfish and similar species), they’d probably recommend Due Draghi to other Hybrids and earn the Romeros more cash to open up the restaurant.
I’d be more worried if Larissa put in the work on…something more insidious. And depending on what her uncle got in the catch (even the stuff that’s rejected for safety reasons), she’d have access to some nasty stuff…
Tetrodotoxin (blowfish poison)
Scromboid toxin
Sea Snake venom
Red Tide
Or, she could do her homework and extract some other nastiness. Not lethal, but pretty bad anyway. If she contaminates the serving ware…
Although the tetrodotoxin might lead to some interesting effects with dolphin or orca hybrids. In the wild, dolphins chew on pufferfish to get trace toxins to get a kind of “high.”
“Whoa…dude…this is transcendentally good food!”
And chances are any reindeer hybrids will likely be virtually unaffected. Fun fact, reindeer are one of the few animals classified as semi-domesticated because their behaviors as wild animals and domestic animals are nearly identical, they also are known to regularly eat plants with hallucinogenic effects and have the plants pass right through their system with no effect on the reindeer itself, their digestive system is that good at screening potential toxins from their food.
The “almost flash” on JA made me laugh!
I had no idea she was going commando.
No, that’s just a convenient shadow with sound effects censoring what she’s wearing under her skirt from our view. Though she may be going commando, we can’t tell with that shadow in the way.
She would have joined Kaya as the only girl characters in these comics to provide us (and the in universe audience, i.e. the other characters) with a good glimpse of their undies. Luckily for her, that shadow and sound effect prevented us, her rescuers, and young Yakkity Yak from getting a panty shot. Kaya isn’t that lucky, but she probably doesn’t notice, feel any embarrassment, and/or care…
I don’t remember a panty flash happening to Kaya. Odd…seems like something I’d remember.
It’s mostly happened in side comics like Gamer Dragons and side art like one drawing where Kaya is singing along to “Moves like Jagger,” there is one glimpse in the main comics during the “Apple a Day” arc after the twins change into their hospital gowns and Kai notices that Kaya’s gown isn’t tied in the back above her butt. I’m not sure if Kaya’s aware of these accidental flashes/free shows or if she cares/is embarrassed by them, though.
Just a little play on magical girl anime that usually go with a naked silhouette for transformation scenes xD
Since you mentioned silhouette, I looked at it again, and now I notice our heroine looks like she now has furry arms where she didn’t before.
Well, Jackie always wanted to be a hybrid. Looks like her wish might’ve been granted. Yay?
Larissa Baggins: What have I got in my sack?
I see Liz and Dinah didn’t really hold back, hope they leave Larissa enough for bus fare back to her uncle’s place!
Nothing good is in that sack xD
I guess that it’s not a happy sack then, Rocko’s or otherwise… Well, maybe a happy sack for Larissa only, but still not a happy sack in general. I’m dreading what that sociopathic, juvenile she-demon has in store for our poor, adorable, half mythical reptile protagonists!
Panel 6: There should be comma at the end of “today”.
Hmm, I think this can go both ways. My proof readers didn’t mention it, anyway.
“I said drinks.” I WOULD say karma is a bitch, but I feel like that would be insensitive in Hybrid City.
I think karma things are said regularly there as well, though :p
I was talking more about the fact that canine hybrids might take issue with my choice of words.
I’d say that this bag is filled with rotten fishes , well packed to avoid scents all around until the good moment ……….
Oh that works…right up until the dolphin hybrids and seagull hybrids catch the scent.
Larissa: “DAMMIT!”
Not to mention the Turtle Hybrids and other piscivore Hybrids. And regular animals that eat fish and are attracted to decomposing matter.
Those ice-cream sundaes look amazing! I want one now.
What’s in the bag, wants in the bag?!?!
I don’t think you want what’s in the bag.
Beware of geeks bearing “gifts”… 😏
I don’t think anyone has ever considered calling Larissa a geek. And I do -not- mean for fear of what she’d do to them if they did. 😉
Alright, gonna make a prediction, WITHOUT Daniel the Human’s help. Let’s see how I go…
Larissa is going to reveal her revenge scheme, probably fish heads or something. Dinah agrees, but Lizzy doesn’t like it but eventually goes along with it after Larissa “makes her point”. Lizzy quietly sends Cleo a message/SMS warning her, the team is able to foil the plan…
Guess I won’t find out if I’m right for a month or 2 without getting Spoilers, but Daniel the Human has been teaching me patience. Would be nice if I could learn it sooner rather than later…
I have my doubts about Liz being willing to go along with it. I agree with the warning effort, though she might do it via Nate rather than approaching Cleo directly; we don’t know if Nate’s passed along the whole “one of these three is not like the others” message yet.
And more importantly, I’m pretty sure Liz doesn’t know if Nate’s spread that message either.
I suspect something fishy is about to go down
Having to pay for those must sting since Larissa apparently doesn’t get good pay from her uncle. He clearly follows the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition, “Treat your employees like family and exploit them.”
Liz: “So what’s in the bag?”
Larissa: “Have you ever heard of something called composition four?”