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[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Presenting Melfice with his Sentei ability.

[RickZarber]

A new comic! No, not JAQ (I'm sorry) but it's something dammit.



The conversation is fictional. The obsession/paranoia, not so much. And when I say non-stop, I mean almost literally--for days!

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Another Melfice titled Comic

[Loyal]

Last time, on Origins:

The Origins Story of Loyal and Nexus
Chapter 1

Loyal was quick to adapt to his new lifestyle. He had swiped what he could from his parents’ house before the city officials could seize property, and secured them within a hidden passageway from the house, now known only to him. He knew the streets well thanks to the routes his late parents would take when they brought him along, and he knew how to manage his physical burdens. Loyal was quick, agile, and intelligent, and was determined to make use of that to make a life for himself.

Loyal actually enjoyed his choice of profession, as he found the freedom and thrill of it alluring. And of course there was the money. His skills quickly progressed over time, and what started as small-change pickpocketing and petty theft, turned into grander-scale burglary. Far was he from indiscriminate about his progressive targets, though.

Regulus was, for all its appearances, governed in corruption. While it had a formal Republican cabinet, the reality was that they were mere figureheads for a local corporation called Magidyne Industries. Magidyne dealt primarily in magical weapons production, and military research. Through bribery and strongarm tactics, it gained a foothold in Regulus’ ruling policies, which it then used to garner even more funding to further its goals. Its monetary control also extended to the police force, which was all but encouraged in its brutish terror tactics to enforce the corporation’s goals.

Neither Magidyne nor its police cronies were very popular in Regulus, but they were rich or at least guarding valuable treasures. Before long they became Loyal’s favorite targets, and in time his only targets. Wanted posters appeared about the city with increasingly higher bounties for the “Phantom Stalker” who always eluded police efforts (it didn’t help them much that the police themselves were poorly trained) to even identify him, nevermind capture. The townspeople gossiped fondly of mystery thief who so effectively defied the city’s corrupt rulership, and were never cooperative in efforts to bring him to justice. The goods Loyal stole made him popular to foreigners as well. Merchants paid excellent prices for Loyal’s contraband, which unlike Magidyne’s trade policies was always guaranteed fair and pleasant—if disappointingly anonymous—business. As time went on, Loyal’s wealth accumulated faster than his infamy could keep up. In two short years, Loyal had drained an incredible amount of wealth from Magidyne’s coffers while adding to his own.

While it was by no means poor or in danger of bankruptcy, Magidyne did suffer a notable drought in its affluent influence. Without the money needed to continue bribing the city senators, Magidyne lost power. Its waning influence over the police force was exerted with greater force than ever, and bounties were offered that virtually nobody could refuse. Magidyne’s CEO, who failed to bring his adversary in time and time again, was becoming exceedingly unpopular and was eventually ousted altogether in favor of a younger, more ambitious counterpart who promised results by any means nessecary. Unfortunately for Magidyne, Loyal’s affluence by this time had made him very powerful in his own right. With a little diplomacy, a bit of coin in the right direction, and the reminder that he was the reason for the unpopular corporation’s decline, he remained untouchable. That was, at least when the old CEO was in power.

The new CEO of Magidyne, Noah Talmain, had other plans. Talmain decided that in order to stop the loss of money to this opponent whom nobody could even find, let alone disable, he would need to match and even exceed the cunning exhibited by his foe. However, he knew no more about Loyal than anyone else did. Thus, he ordered his R&D department to create a device that could paralyze someone, with which he would trap his thief in the act and bring him to justice. When it was completed and tested, Talmain became convinced that his adversary would stand no chance. Indeed, his plan would have worked, had Loyal been the only one who actively opposed the corporation.

[Mondt]

I figured I'd post this here, despite it being old and RaiRO related.

There's an inside joke reason, kind of a "you had to be there" reason I used the P-A format. Also, I fail at ordering text bubbles.

[Major Blood]

So... i've been playing Phoenix Wright quite a bit.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

not my best, but I think its funny with Melfice running around.

[PyrosNine]

[RickZarber]

Wow. I'm sorry this took so long, guys. That three month break was entirely unintentional. This might be the last comic this year, cause I've got so much stuff going on this holiday, but I hope that after New Year's I should be able to go back to one a week. Anyways, here's JAQ comic 80.

CRYPTIC



This took like nine hours to do, five of them just on the backgrounds. I don't know if that's just because I'm out of practice, or just that the kinds of images I needed are just super rare on Google image search. Anyways, it's done. Twenty to go.

I feel like I need to go ahead and announce that this will probably be the last comic in the series with any (attempt at) humor. Things are gonna get action-focused soon and drama-focused as we near the end. If this makes you sad, I'm sorry.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Here ya go. Another short comic.