Over 10 years since I started drawing this, and this is the very first in-story naming of our infamous ‘magic stick’. Say hello to Bata Neart’s…..Bata Neart 😀
It should be already fairly clear already, but Áine does have a relationship with the Bata Neart. But you’ll have to check in later in the story to find out what that is.
Coming next time…the future is speeding it’s way to them….
Is it just me or does Aine seem really happy to have some conversational lines? I think she’s telling you something, Rawr. 😉
@Kessy: I know 😀 Admittedly I’m hiding behind a language wall while I try to rebuild my own Gaelige ability, thus a lack of lines for her so far. Aine will get a lot more chatty when time goes by. Right now I think it’s natural for her to still be in enough shock to only want to speak when she’s really comfortable. Correcting the girl’s misnaming of the Bata Neart is something she’s comfortable with.
FYI. My scheduled baby-break will begin after next week. Next Friday’s Bata Neart will be the last scheduled page before the break, followed by a 4-week break. The baby hasn’t come yet, but the due date isn’t until week after next. At the moment all pages I produce are adding to a scheduled buffer on the other end of the baby-break. Even if everything goes nuts, the next page will automatically push out after 4 weeks even if I’m not available.
After that I’m going to play it by ear, but I’m hopeful that I can maintain regular production.
In addition, I have been helping out Nao Yazawa of Wedding Peach fame in setting up Online Manga courses for Manga School Nakano in Tokyo. It’s likely that I’ll also sign on as a student with Nakano for the 16-week Manga Production course which might also put a strain on updates. With any luck I can wrap up Chapter 5 before that happens, and get Chapter 6 started.
It’s gonna be a busy year folks! 😀
A busy year, indeed. And I have heard that ones definition of “busy” often changes with the arrival of a baby… 🙂
I think the concept of “comfortable” doesn’t apply when your mind is in shock. Something that you have automated, that you can do more or less without interacting with your mind, is what you can still do. Áine doesn’t really appear shocked to me, more like “heavily disoriented” …which I guess includes a certain small amount of shock by default, but it is absolutely not the first word that comes to mind.
That’s MS Bata Neart, thank you!
However things have to happen, Rawr, we’re on your side. 🙂
(Um, does the comment section support HTML?)
@Delta: 😀 I think the comments do support HTML. At least when I reply to comments from the dashboard, I can add images using html code.
Worth a shot trying out if you have some html you wanna try.
@Delta: MS Bata Neart? Nononononono… the Bata Neart isn’t nearly evil enough to be a Microsoft! I think it must clearly have a GNU license. Or does it? Hmmmmmm, if the Bata Neart were made by tech companies….
MS Bata Neart: Your complete solution for all your magical problems, with full technical support, all for the low price of only $500,000 USD. Payment also accepted in the form of your immortal soul or your firstborn child.
iBata: The coolest magical device that’s all the rage with the “it” crowd. Seamlessly compatible with the subscription iMagic service, it’s the ultimate way to use all your iSpell apps!
FaceBata: What? Of course it’s free! Just agree to the EULA and make an appointment to have our wireless tracking device implanted in your skull.
Yahoo! Bata: Full list of features incl[ Upgrade now for premi[ I regrew all my hair in onl[ Improved performance in the gym and t[ Limited time offer! Call now[ Lifetime guarantee…..
@Kessy: 😀
OpenBaNe: Everything you need to build your own Bata Neart clone! Instructions: *TODO*, for now just read the code and fix any problems you encounter yourself. Please join our mailinglist and help us finish the project!
Hah, I saw “MS Bata Neart” and immediately thought “Mobile Suit Bata Neart”
@Rawr: Thanks, I’ll try it.
@Kessy Athena: & @Henry: Ha, ha, you guys are hilarious. 😀 But I meant Ms Bata Neart in honor of it’s, um unwillingness to put up with male-dominated nomenclature. 🙂
Well, my read on Aine’s expressions on this page is pretty much, “Hey! I understand what they’re talking about! and I can be helpful! Yay!”
@Kessy: Pretty much like that. It’s nice to be useful after-all 🙂
@Henry: Careful Henry, you’re giving me some bizarrely exciting out-of-genre ideas 😀
@EdorFaus: I’d also have to spends weeks on the Linux forums to figure out how to install it, and the K-Aoife plugin would just keep crashing it 😀
@Kessy: You forgot about Google Neart! Wearable magic that costs a fortune to join the beta and ends up in development hell 🙂