Aug. 11, 2012 - Out and about - page 11

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GAMBLER #2 (GUARD): You are under arrest for abandoning a checkers game and participating in street-side gambling!

45 comments

Jan

Edit (17-Aug): I've adjusted the dialogue on this and the previous page. All the comments submitted before 17-Aug refer to this original copy.

RCRuskin • 08/11/2012

Not for showing off his gold?

BOLOmk33 • 08/11/2012

УРРРРААА ПРОДОЛЖЕНИЕ!!!!!\r\nУХ-ТЫ! НЕОЖИДАННО...

Karmakat • 08/11/2012

sounds like a joke now he didn't seem to have a problem with the "street-side gambling" when he was winning and now he arrests him? damn ODD if you ask me

Tigermark • 08/11/2012

'Twas a scam. as long as the guard officer was winning, the "sting" had no sting. As soon as he started loosing, Bam!

But then again, these are the city guards. Perhaps I'm assigning them too much credit. (Credit! NO! Cash only!)

kalasnokov • 08/11/2012

woah, that was certainly unexpected!

Jan • 08/11/2012

Be wary of hooded figures ;)

Talon Drew • 08/11/2012

Awesome twist :)

Sneaky guards, if challenged they will say the money taken from other gamblers is a kind of "fine" ;)

Vanbael • 08/11/2012

In my head I could hear the Revenge sound from Team Fortress 2. I like how the guard waited until he was losing.

Fargo Wolf • 08/11/2012

Well, well... This is an interesting turn of events.

Wonder if the Guards were scamming the townsfolk out of their money, in order to make up for the budget cuts?

How do you rig a game of checkers?

Val Talonheart • 08/11/2012

LOL, well that was an amusing twist. Poor tiger... XD

Chris "Foxx" Yost • 08/11/2012

Entrapment! He didn't arrest the other guy for streetside gambling! I call foul!

The silver Bullette • 08/11/2012

Oh look a quadruple helping of Instant Guards. Just add Tor, available in plain, Spear-wielding, and Cloaked varieties. Available where criminals get caught and at all your local guard stations. Someconditionsapplynotallvarietiesavailableatallguardstationscolorsmayvaryfromthoseshown.

It does sorta look like the bird is talking but we all know it's the wolf guard =)

Now Silver will be next unless she's already been caught! dun dun dunnnnn

Seayagate • 08/11/2012

I have been watching swords ans sausages for a long time, and this was so unexpected XD. Well done, bravo!

Dragontech64 • 08/12/2012

Woah! Did NOT see that coming!

Cleaningcaptain • 08/12/2012

Okay, I've figured it out. The "skunk cabbage" mentioned in the prologue isn't normal skunk cabbage, but an unusual species of it; Regular exposure to its fumes causes dementia, which is why this kingdom is so messed up.

Murray Webb • 08/12/2012

did anyone else exactly notice that the macaw wasn't exactly looking at any guard to be exact? also he has crows feet

Comichero • 08/12/2012

Ha excellant twist you threw at us guys well done

David Argall • 08/12/2012

Fix a checkers game? Several ways. Replace Joe Fish with Sam the Shark. If player is not too alert, remove or add a checker. Have an assistant who will "accidentally" kick the board, making the game a draw, or reset it wrong and win. Have an "innocent bystander" hold the stakes [& vanish]... Of course, our hero doesn't seem to be guilty of the charge in the first place, having been more interested in escape that conning anyone.

Arc Nova • 08/12/2012

http://www.dramabutton.com/

Razmoudah • 08/12/2012

@Chris "Foxx" Yost: And how do you know that the other guy wasn't a 'plain clothes' guard who was there to get people to relax and be willing to participate? Also, most stings are only a technicality away from being entrapment anyhow.

Ben • 08/12/2012

looks like he's losing that bet hard, unless he comes up with a way to filch the purses of his guards and escape by the end of the day.

anomaly • 08/13/2012

oh lawd

L33T Wolf • 08/13/2012

What a twist! I believe the moral of the story is... in that place every wolf is a guard.

Awesomesauce

Radio Blue Heart • 08/13/2012

Narc! That's entrapment!

Tezarro • 08/13/2012

What was a solider conducting street-side gambling?

The_Rippy_One • 08/14/2012

I'm...going to bet he wins the bet because he comes out dead even (gaining and losing nothing, functionally), and she ends up losing something beyond what she started with (clothes, would be my guess...but I'm a perv...)

EveryZig • 08/15/2012

"I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!" "Your winnings, sir." "Oh, thank you very much."

cheetahwolf • 08/15/2012

i still dont how he fix that game of checkers, in the page with the checkers game, that dog and a guard was playing not him. also "EVERYBODY RUN!!!! IT THE GUARDS!!!!!!"

Jan • 08/15/2012

I've updated the art -- extended the tail of that speech bubble :)

Did Tor rig that game of checkers? I'm pretty sure he didn't. Perhaps the baker (look closely, it is him) sucked at checkers and wanted to pin his loss on someone else. And the undercover guard has no other immediate evidence to go by and just went with the flow.

False accusations! :P

(This might be a possible writing fail. Originally I wanted the accusation to be even more ridiculous ["You are wanted for sneezing at a checkers game and participating in street-side gambling!"] until I realized it didn't make much sense as Tor was promptly arrested at the end of chapter 2. I might have to keep thinking about this one...)

Jan • 08/15/2012

Ah yes. I think I know how to revise the dialogue now. I'll upload an alternate version later this week. But, either way, the dialogue is of little consequence to rest of the story -- different joke, same story ;)

choo choo George • 08/15/2012

Wow! Certainly a twist to the story, wonder how Tor's gonna get out of this and if he's taken back to jail, wouldn't the lion guard he knocked out reconize him? Boy he'll have a tough time getting out of this one. By the way really like the cute fox in the crowd.

Tracker • 08/16/2012

Knew that there was more to the game than just that one guy! how's Tor going to get out of it this time?

.. then again, maybe this is part of his ingenious plan to sell bricks from the jail cell he demolished?

MorbiusMonster • 08/17/2012

Heres' the plan. Force your arms forwards and throw the guards behind you into the guard in front and whilst they are distracted, make a dash for the money, tip off the baker and run for it. With the funds gained, grab yourself a hooded cloak and haggle in the street for something you wouldn't expect a tiger to buy.

Davew • 10/04/2012

Abandoning a game of checkers XD

Jessica U. Ingmann • 10/30/2012

It was a SETUP?! O.O I hate it when cops do that. Not... that I've ever been scammed by a cop, of course. Eh heh heh...

Unio Exodus • 06/21/2013

None of are getting the MOST important detail, here

There's a law for abandoning a checkers game.

oz • 12/23/2013

Sure coming from the person gambling who's a cop

Lownleinhigh • 06/28/2014

I find all of the characters in this comic cute (even in CC). I definitely going to love your work.

Niflare • 08/14/2014

....reminder: never play checkers with anyone in that city. they take the game way too seriously.

Silverwolf • 02/25/2015

An interesting way of handling justice. If the gambler loses to the undercover guard, then the gambler has already "paid the fine," so to speak. If the gambler wins, arrest him and confiscate his money.

Morthamargh • 01/15/2016

I. CALL. BULLSHIT!!!!

Queen Orial • 05/25/2017

So clever, an undercover guard!

Matt • 06/28/2017

I wonder is the pigeon going to aim for the rhino

Matt • 07/15/2017

@ Karmakat he just found out he was a wanted criminial so the charge was trumped up with any charge even if the charge isn't valid.

Thisguy • 12/28/2017

He can't arrest someone for gambling after earning 57 coins for who knows how long playing.