PREQUEL suggestion box (thread 6)

[TheTurnipKing]

Katia's only long term goal seems to be "eventually don't be a poor alcoholic slut". And that's fine if she's having a hard time getting there, but she can't even pull off the simplest of short term goals without ending up worse than before. Oh yeah, gotta get these bottles of wine back to town to make up the money that guy stole, WHOOPS, suddenly I fall on my ass even though I'm an athletic cat person who managed to escape a collapsing cave without any problems.

IIRC, That was a player suggestion. And despite everything, it was horrendously funny.

As to Katia's goals, why do you think I asked "WHAT DO YOU WANT" earlier?

[JJA]

Isn't this supposed to be building up to something? Because it doesn't appear to be going anywhere.

If the story turns out for the best, in the sense that Katia will have the best possible future going forward (and indeed will become wildly successful and even save the world)...

Katia will end the story of Prequel dressed in rags, penniless, in jail, without a shred of hope. Because that's how the player character in Oblivion starts.

What we're seeing now is probably foreshadowing of this event.

[DanielChico]

Nothing good will come of regret. Perhaps this situation could have been avoided, or maybe not. You had no way of knowing what would happen, and when it happened it was impossible to avoid. It was not your fault.
There are many things to be done ​​more useful than trying to solve a problem that is beyond your capacity. Stand up and face your's most immediate problems, or run from them.

[DanielChico]

Is this a bottle of wine? And I thinking you would have trouble getting drinks after having been expelled from the bar for making racist comments.

Speaking of which, you really need to review your ethnic identity and your prejudices.
You're not just some dumb stray animal. You're a person! You're a Khajiit! Why do you still think like a racist human?
You shouldn't be ashamed of what you are or consider yourself inferior.

[Ninth_Computer]

IIRC, That was a player suggestion. And despite everything, it was horrendously funny.

As to Katia's goals, why do you think I asked "WHAT DO YOU WANT" earlier?

I guess that would have been fine, if it was actually the end of it. If we were able to get on with some larger purpose, even slightly so? Because we're back to trying to drown out absolute poverty with discarded alcohol. Wasn't there some plot about a demon king and nightmares or something? Aren't we eventually going to get a hint what that's about, maybe even try to find out how to resolve it?

If the story turns out for the best, in the sense that Katia will have the best possible future going forward (and indeed will become wildly successful and even save the world)...

Katia will end the story of Prequel dressed in rags, penniless, in jail, without a shred of hope. Because that's how the player character in Oblivion starts.

What we're seeing now is probably foreshadowing of this event.

Wasn't it confirmed that she's not the Oblivion character? Even barring that, isn't there a middle ground between being a world saving ultra mage and a penniless un-mage who can't go a full day without getting the fucking grass she picked up off the road stolen?

[Bibliophael]

The story has progressed further than some give it credit for. Our protagonist has made her way to a new city and although recent events might appear to have set us back to square one, there now exist multiple opportunities and paths that were not available even until a few updates ago.

[ProphetLord]

Actually, This story has been amazing for me so far, best comic I've read in a while. I hope things only get worse for Katia, because guess what. It's kinda funny in a awful way. if she started succeding at anything, it wouldn't be the same comic. This is not, and never has been, a happy comic. That's the whole point though!
Keep up the good work Kaz; Lets keep this cat crying forever!

>Katia: attempt suicide.

[tech]

we all know she's going to get schnockered when she's sad, no matter how loud we scream for her not to, so let's run with it.

>Katia: Do you know what you need? You need a friend. A liquid friend. Booze doesn't care about all that stuff. Booze doesn't care wether you're man, mer, or beast, whether you're the best at everything or can't even tie your own shoes. All it wants is to make the fear and pain and self-hatred go away-if only until morning. Whenever you drink, you have a great time-so great, in fact, that other people have a good time too. Look at it this way; every time you've gotten drunk since arriving in Cyrodil, you've bounced a little higher whenever you've hit rock bottom. Third time's the charm, you know. The last guy cared enough to make sure you didn't get an STD. At this rate, your next drunken sex partner will be so devoted to you, you won't have to lift a finger to get Quill-weave's mail-and your money-back. Sure, it's a gamble, but the question isn't "Can I afford another drink?" but "Can I afford not to have another drink?" Ah, what's this? A bottle of ale someone threw out! Shake it to make sure there's some left. Uncork it. Trust that everything will be better in the morning. Take a sip.

[rotinaj]

Okay dude

Let's try being a badass now. I bet you can do it.

C'mon. Bored of sad story stuff, let's cowboy up.

[TheTurnipKing]

Quite. An entire dinner (with a countess, no less!) with countless disasters avoided. Procurement of a necklack and the ability to modestly control her magic came more or less right after that first disaster in adventuring.

If anything, this reminder of fate was probably long overdue!

[Steve Potluck]

Oh wow, spoiler the obvious ending please. Jeeze.

[JJA]

Wasn't it confirmed that she's not the Oblivion character?

I've seen no such confirmation, nor any strong evidence that she isn't going to be the Oblivion hero. If anyone has any, I'd love to see it

The nature of the story (that this is a prequel to Oblivion and she's the protagonist) and other bits of foreshadowing indicate to me, but don't prove, that she will be the hero. But I doubt that Kazerad will confirm anything one way or another, as the ambiguity makes it possible for him to build a stronger story.

Even barring that, isn't there a middle ground between being a world saving ultra mage and a penniless un-mage who can't go a full day without getting the fucking grass she picked up off the road stolen?

She does seem to be riding a square toothed wave right now, but I think the corners are rounding and the troughs are getting shallower. If she is going to be the hero of Oblivion, a lot has to happen to her in a short amount of time, and if it were all positive, the story would get quite boring. I think that the bad stuff we're seeing is by way of balance for all the good things that have to happen to her in about a week's time... up until she gets arrested and sent to jail in the Imperial City, after which she becomes the powerful mage she's always dreamed of being.

[Falter]

This almost makes up for that diversity mural.

Hey! That mural was a masterpiece of... um, well... i'm not really sure! but still!

[Falter]

She does seem to be riding a square toothed wave right now, but I think the corners are rounding and the troughs are getting shallower.

I agree. We've been approaching climactic disaster for the last few updates, but I don't think that it will play out this time in the same way as the last cycle. There will be a subtle shift in the pattern, granted hopefully without involving a drunken bender. Katia's on an upward spiral if you will.

[Ninth_Computer]

I think the corners are rounding and the troughs are getting shallower.

She's worse off now than she's ever been. And the only "good" things that've happened to her are that someone let her sleep in her house and then employed her for a simple task, learned the most basic spell, and she managed to go from one town to the next without getting robbed. With the assistance of an Imperial Guard.

[Kazerad]

(psst, guys, as enjoyable as this conversation is after a solid two hours of reading and sorting motivational/demotivational speeches, can we keep discussion of the comic itself stowed away in the comments section?)

[Merth]

(psst, guys, as enjoyable as this conversation is after a solid two hours of reading and sorting motivational/demotivational speeches, can we keep discussion of the comic itself stowed away in the comments section?)

Kaz used Enrage Forums; It's super effective!

But on topic

Katia> Get to the chapel. Its raining, you're naked, and with your luck you'll catch something if you don't.

[pothysnew]

Katia, resist your overwhelming urge to give Sigrid all your stuff for just a few seconds, and take off your amulet and fireball her. It won't hurt her but it should distract her long enough for you to grab your things and RUN!! ...for relax step into pothys...

[Merth]

Katia, resist your overwhelming urge to give Sigrid all your stuff for just a few seconds, and take off your amulet and fireball her. It won't hurt her but it should distract her long enough for you to grab your things and RUN!! ...for relax step into pothys...

.......... what?


I think this is realy late.

[Greed]

Katia: Make your way to the chapel, regardless of the priest there - now isn't the time for childish fear.
Of all the people in the town least likely to be under the influence of Sigrid, and more likely to believe your story; it's going to be the ones that hang around holy shrines of the 9 all day.

[tronn]

Katia>Cry.
Katia>Start your new hobo adventure life:
Check out the bottle if it contains alcoholic drink or even fermented fruit juice.
Huddle in an alleyway, drink away your worries.

[TheTurnipKing]

[mysticalMechanic]

>Katia: attempt suicide.

This.

Be saved by a passing priest. Yell at him for not letting you end your own life. Cry for being so utterly incapable of deciding your own fate.

[DestinedFateX]

Katia: attempt suicide.

This.

Be saved by a passing priest. Yell at him for not letting you end your own life. Cry for being so utterly incapable of deciding your own fate.

.....then decide your fate by clawing your throat and pouring entire bottles into your severed throat before dying. After all, such a death is appropriate for pathetic scum such as yourself. Then wake up in a cold sweat, you are still in the middle of the street, and only moments have passed since you last gave up..... take the bottle and drink u- oh, it's.....empty.

[John Rochard]

Katia : "not even a real person." ? "some dumb stray animal" ? Aaw shucks. Get it together girl ! Of course your moral is six feet under right now, but hey, all hope is not lost.

First, you're alive. You could have died a dozen times before, but no. You're still alive. That does count for something, right ?

Second, you don't always fucks everything up. I don't remember anything going awfully wrong when you had dinner with the Countess. And you learned how to use fire and telekinesis spells in the course of a few days. For someone who has never practiced magic before, that's not half bad.

Third, you're not nearly out of options to make things better.

Come on, head to the chapel, ask for some clothes, try to get some sleep and tomorrow, you'll go find a guard and explain your situation. They're here to enforce the law, aren't they ?