Level 11: #76
Chapter: Level 11 — Castle Life
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And Presti even asked earlier if someone could conjure her up a bagel. In the middle of a battle.
And she definitely got one.
Reference:
https://rustyandco.com/comic/level-11-5/
After the battle. She had just dealt with the bullywogs.
A castle, an ooze and now a fifth level cleric. My gods, Oozanka is a triple threat.
A cleric??
Create Food and Water, 3rd level Priest spell, which requires a 5th level divine caster (aka cleric) to cast.
That doesn’t require a spell; Oozanka reaches into the kitchen.
Yeah but then she wouldn’t be conjuring the bagel like Presti instructed.
Even in D&D, there are metaphors
Purple Wizard Needs Food Badly.
Perhaps Not That Badly.
I laughed so hard at this.
*COMPLETELY* irrelevant to the comic, but I love your avatar!
(relevant to the comic, I love Presti’s face in the last panel! — [imagine the “cold sweat” emoji here… evidently emoji make WP barf?])
I guess Oozanka has figured out that Presti likes a bagel in the morning, but doesn’t quite understand that some people might not like ooze on their food. Is there a diplomatic way to tell her?
Assuming Oozanka is in complete control of her ‘goo’, she should be able to retract it completely from the bagel, leaving it as pristine as it was before she touched it. No ‘residue’ from Oozanka would be left.
You know, assuming….
I mean, the room itself, and the stuff contained therein, is not even stained or anything…
Eat the sandwich, Presti
Why haven’t you eaten the sandwich
Oh dear Presti…I think the slime might understand you a little more than you really care to understand. But at least it’s friendly.
I do wonder if our Gelatinous Hero might develop a crush though….
Nah, Cube already has a wife.
… lot of married people developed a crush …
He’s a fair square who’d never dare an affair.
Well, we don’t know how the Critical Missives relate time-wise to the main story. Some overlap. Perhaps others are in the future.
OK. Chapter 1 of the book “How to serve Humans”.
Err, no, sorry, wrong book. I mean “Understanding these weird bony creatures”
Lesson 1: Humans and most other humanoids don’t like to know where their food is coming from, or where it has been.
Lesson 2: Sometimes, they like to pretend to want to know, and keep asking for details. Ignore them.
Lesson 3: In special cases, they will accept to share food which has already been inside the very upper digestive track (but no further in) of a friendly creature. Assume your relationship is not that special. They will let you know if they believe your relationship has reached that point. You are under no obligation to reciprocate.
Civet Coffee
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_luwak
Oh, yes! I forgot about that one.
Um, lesson 4, or 3b, I guess – in very special cases, some may be interested in food which has gone all the way through, and then has been reprocessed. Check with them about the required processing.
And just yesterday I learned (from a SciShow video) that there’s apparently an elephant version:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Ivory_Coffee
Try it. Could be like that “jellyfish jelly” episode of Spongebob, and be really good.
Well, if she has that level of knowledge about the castle and its occupants, it is obvious that she knows who the spy is and can tell Cube who can tell Presti.
Going back to Uiop’s comment about Cube already having a wife. Trust me, people are already shipping some bizarre love cube (cannot really call this a triangle since two cubes are involved).
Love tesseract.
(Oh hey, the captcha is gone. I have mixed feelings.)
The Captcha was making it impossible to post anything at all. It had to go.
It was malfunctioning.
It has malfunctioned before and been restored, functional
Unless…she *is* the spy?
This comic has a shockingly low amount of rule 34.
Presti’s face in the last panel is priceless.
So, Panel 5, is that Presti realizing Oozanka knows about //everything// that happens inside the castle (by definition //inside// Oozanka for the easily squicked out*)… or is that Presti thinking other, similar, horrifying thoughts?
. * I’m sure at least person has that as a fetish.
While Presti is currently technically inside Oozanka, she’s not inside her body, just surrounded by it.
Now, human doing something similar would likely mean hug or …
… I’m sure someone has that as a fetish.
Also, this can be read as Oozanka flirting with her, although she may just try to be friendly.
That’s purple wizard reacting to the start of a messy-yet-generous offer of badly-needed food.
Come now Presti, there’s a simple wizard spell that will clean that bagel for you. It’s called…PRESTIdigitation.
No doubt the one spell Presti doesn’t have.
Is that cream cheese?
That is a very interesting question. My first thought was lettuce, my second was butter, but without color context, it is quite difficult to determine. Presti didn’t say what she wanted on the bagel either.
Maybe ask for it in a to-go bag next time…?
Look on the bright side, Presti: that definitely answers the question of how much Oozanka understands. At least in terms of “comprehending the words we say”. Understanding that Presti might not *want* a slime-covered bagel is a whole different matter.
I really like the questionmark after “Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhlorp”. Oozanka seems to be very polite; dare I say “courteous”?
I won’t lie: I had to go back and make sure that wasn’t an eyeball.
Presumably, Oozanka can also warn Presti of Whitey and Grawlf’s current status.
Btw: Where is the vase…?
The one shot we got of the bookcase, her head blocked the place where it would be.