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Double update next week

Won't say when though. Could be at any time. Gotta keep things interesting.

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Welp, irreversible psychological damage right there. Let's just.. quietly sweep that under the rug and move along

I know I haven't added any WIPs in the last couple of pages. I didn't save any, sowwy.

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And this is usually the moment you wake up. 

Crazy to think that, had I gone with my original script, the comic would be done now...

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https://youtu.be/6gR2Z7mSGKU

What if they came back 2

During discussion with Angel some time ago, it was brought up that cat purrs "aid in the healing of broken bones, joint and tendon repair, and wound healing." 

Since 808 is synchronized with Chai's music player, they'd probably turn the whole couch into a surprise massage chair.

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40-page milestone! Chai's lucky I decided against making the gas from those pipes toxic. But pages are running out, and so is my mercy.

Talk about being stuck between a rock and a hard place though. And no Korsica to get rid of fire.

Make sure you're here next week for the reveal of V...

Robot cameos

From page 37. It took quite a while to draw all these guys so I think it's worth posting them as a separate piece. personally, my favorite (non combat) robots from the game were always LU-C1LLE and O5-KAR because they give me grandparents vibes and I miss mine. One day I will create a piece of ar...

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Well, it was nice knowing you, Chai.

You might be wondering why V1-RS can only control other robots rather than Armstrong subjects like Chai. I did consider having V1-RS try to mind-control Chai but even if that would work, it's not in character for V1-RS to do so...

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The tonal dissonance between the text and visuals of this page was already pointed out and meme'd on by the group chat. I usually have a friend proofreading my scripts before drawing comics but since he hasn't played the game despite my continuous insistence... Consider this page like an offkey n...

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We must cancel Roxanne on Twitter for this bullshit.

And our baddie's name has been revealed in teensy tiny letters!

V1-RS

There was never gonna be a moment that this thing was gonna go 'hi, my name is V1-RS, What's yours?" and in the game, there's never much fa...

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Chai unlocked stealth mode, so proud of him. ❤️
And the Announcer coming in clutch once again. I made him sound a little more gentle rather than hyped because... I think that's what Chai needed more.

Pity it might be too late! He was making quite the racket before. ...

What if they came back

I know you want to see them. So for a moment, let's pretend.

An alternate way the story could have gone between pages 33 and 34.

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Chai's subdued emotional response to what's happened to him may have let the events of the story come across as less grave than they really are. He was simply so laser-focused on fighting/fleeing, his brain never got a chance to catch up.
Now, however,... Now that he's trapped, unabl...

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Last couple of pages we have been in danger of losing the tension we have been building. There must be... some way to get it back.

Oh, I know!

Skinwalkers.

The scariest (and my favorite) part of the comic, right on time for Spooktober! Impeccable timing, if I d...

Check out this extra bonus comic by Angel

This wonderful comic page can be viewed as a kind of 'deleted scene' or 'alternative scene' between pages 32 and 33. The full page can be viewed on the community tab! Please show your support for Angel's hard and beautiful work! Lots of cute 808s to be adored too!

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A blue text bubble....could it be...

The falloff in interest in the comic is a bit dispiriting so comments are most certainly welcomed and appreciated! Thanks for reading!

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And we are back in action! Now with (hopefully) uninterrupted updates every Friday until we reach a specific point in the story. Then the comic will go on a short hiatus and you'll get the entire finale in a single +10 page update. I will miss the random updates, it was fun to drop pages out of n...

Mostly (h)Armless 808 ref

Unlike Chai, I didn't even attempt to keep 808 on model. For one, she's much easier and faster to draw like this, and for the other...I always thought there was a slightly uncanny element to her human-looking face in the game. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't change the 808 we have for the world. S...

When would you like to see weekly page updates?

Because I'm getting increasingly busy, I'm going to set a schedule for Patreon page releases like I have for the public ones. Until now I simply uploaded whenever I had a page ready. But that method won't work for me going forward since some weeks I can work on several pages and others none. This...

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I kept telling myself I wasn't drawing more backgrounds and here I am, doing exactly that. Speaking of backgrounds, if you have a good memory of the level layout of the museum level, you will know exactly what's behind that glass. It's just up to Indiana Chai to not get pancaked. And he sure is g...

Mostly (h)Armless Chai ref

The difference 20 minutes can make wew.

I've generally tried to stay on-model for Chai. With the exception being the length of his scarf and the color of his eyes. I used the sticker art to color pick and there he has more orange-ish irises. And speaking of the scarf, that thing has seen be...

Mostly (h)Armless timeline and BPM

I decided to time exactly how much time has passed in the comic since the start of the fight since it's difficult to visualize just how fast Chai was going at first. I think 280 BPM is the fastest his player will ever have gone. And yes, he spent almost a full minute underwater. Because water doe...

Hi-Fi Rush: Mostly (h)Armless page (30/?)

Chai you gotta stop doing that, I need you to last another 20 pages. I think I might have to draw some kind of reference sheet with all the stuff that's wrong with him and 808 because it's actually getting hard to keep track lol. 

Comments, as always, warmly welcomed and highly appreci...

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And this is where the evening goes from great to phenomenal. Comments always warmly welcomed and deeply appreciated.

Have you ever seen one of those videos with those nasty ass parasites coming out of an insect after mind-controlling it, leaving behind an empty husk? No particular reason fo...

Hi-Fi Rush: Mostly (h)Armless page (28/?)

Sweet baby Jesus this page was a lot. Comments certainly warmly welcomed and deeply appreciated.

I've really looked forward to drawing this sequence. When I think about why I made this comic, I point to pages like this, with Chai at every disadvantage and having already gotten a taste of wh...

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Eye for an eye.

Comments always welcomed and highly appreciated!

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I caved and made another page because I was getting too agitated from not working on the comic for so long.

Very little said but lots implied with this page. But the fact that KEM-N0 knows the most effective way of getting someone to say/do what you want is by threatening someone else shoul...

Look they're fine

First piece of bonus art!

Angel mentioned the idea of matching eyepads and I found that really cute so I decided to doodle this as a warm-up before my other work. 

I think if the gang were to show up in the next page, Chai would easily recover to his usual old self minus the lost...

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That’s gnarly alright. …You think this comic will work against me if I ever apply for a job at Tango? 

Anyway, it appears our friend can talk! And you know how it goes; if it’s got a voice, it’s got a motive. Could there possibly be a reason behind all this carnage? (h...

Hi-Fi Rush: Mostly (h)Armless page (24/?)

Yeaaah...that shit ain't cute. Please don't drone strike me.