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April 18th, 2017
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| 61 . | by: | May 23, 2018, 7:06 pm |
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Someone stomp on Greenie's skull, please. And toss Sherry's ass into a pack of hungry foxhounds. |
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| 60 . | by: | March 1, 2018, 2:19 pm |
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Saw this on the news and thought of this page. URL : http://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/watch-south-carolina-man-buys-homeless-person-meal-mcdonalds-restau |
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| 59 . | by: Shannon | April 21, 2017, 2:09 am |
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It probably has nothing to do with anything, but the blue nodes and the maze aspect of the brothel kind of reminds me of the brain implants with LED lights in blue or green that are supposed to activate specific neurons into activity to manipulate behavior and motor skills (or something of that nature, it's been a while since I've read up on it all) I know Greenie's eyes have always been pretty flat and colorless but they seem especially weighty now. So much color in everyone elses while his just look flat. |
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| 58 . | by: | April 20, 2017, 5:51 pm |
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@natoon maybe the collar tightens and strangles the wearer if they try and take it off? the loose knot does look tempting to unravel but thats if the collar has any physical implications and not just mental ones |
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| 57 . | by: natoon | April 20, 2017, 10:20 am |
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I mean overhand knot :) |
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| 56 . | by: natoon | April 20, 2017, 3:15 am |
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I always wondered why that collar couldn't just come off with a good pull. It's just a half hitch knot. But, there is a lot of mental binding going on. |
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| 55 . | by: Juna | April 19, 2017, 6:44 pm |
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Yea, @Furrama, that's something I found a little striking about the collar alembic specifically. Besides the visual cue we got when XX visited the gallery, it almost seemed like a decoy. Not that it is, but I think it shows the brothel alembics play off what's already ingrained in their present society. The node alembic is a 'rhetorical battery', in the late director's words, but its control is limited by what the host already believes, I suppose. If XX does end up refining her social critique, she'd be able to flip the worldview needed to sustain that battery on its head. Its version of what 'makes sense' isn't reality proper, just as it lacks the invisible force to make it true electricity. |
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| 54 . | by: Furrama | April 19, 2017, 2:27 pm |
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Primarily I think the node alembic is just light, communication, and a mood suppressor. Like, yeah, it can affect a person like a vibrant color or loud sound can, but in the back of your mind. Like an abusive partner that's hard to let go of. Real, but only as real as your mind allows, (but with a dash of 'mind magic' to make their perceived consequences more tangible when triggered). Then once you try to escape internal ease and societal pressures generally 'make' you go back. Or if not you feel tied to your past, like you can never leave. So, you're trapped, but not because of the nodes themselves. Remember, they're not 'real lightning'. And outside the brothel they're more symbol than literal. XX won't leave because she knows the collar is on and tight... and she's stubborn. She's an artist from society. She's not going to 'kill' herself, literally or metaphorically. Her pride won't allow that, even if she desperately wants escape. And she fritters back and forth between wanting to get out (knowing it to be a fairly fruitless endeavor by witnessing the other girls) and just settling in and riding out her fate. Which is what her Fig/Estrus half would prefer. My hope is that XY 'pollinated' her mind, allowing her to transcend to a grand solution. She may fruit yet. |
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| 53 . | by: | April 19, 2017, 2:08 pm |
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Well, what I've picked up on the issue of workers not wanting to leave is the whole "your credit is worthless out there" bit. Even if you've only worked at the brothel a little while, it's still gonna show. The brothel is job security and a place to live, even if it's a shitty one. It's all some of the courtesans know, and the only thing they know will work in the first place. |
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| 52 . | by: | April 19, 2017, 1:56 pm |
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I mean tbh the main thing isn't whether or not he's trapped too, but the way he's acting. Just look at the VD. He seems to be able to hold a position of power within the brothel without turning into Mr Evil. Not perfect, sure, but not driving them to misery. |
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| 51 . | by: 9times | April 19, 2017, 1:46 pm |
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The whole place basically seems designed to affect the way people think, in particular to make sure they can't leave. XY said that on their way here from their old place - "you never leave." |
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| 50 . | by: | April 19, 2017, 1:45 pm |
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There's also the case of Chestnut, who decided to leave, left, and is still gone, apparently gainfully employed. |
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| 49 . | by: 9times | April 19, 2017, 1:44 pm |
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I think it's more subtle than that. Think of the way XX refused to leave, even when that guy rolled over for her and asked her to come with him. And Acai also acts like he can't leave. XY made it pretty obvious that he didn't want to come here in the first place, but now he's devoted to it, the thing he once ran away from. Pomelo also seems to be trapped here, not sure. |
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| 48 . | by: | April 19, 2017, 1:40 pm |
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If the alembic forced everyone to act as their profession dictated, the courtesans would never cause trouble in the first place. Lemon would not want to share her food because it's against the rules. Lemon retained the ability to make a moral decision, so there's no reason Greenie couldn't. |
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| 47 . | by: 9times | April 19, 2017, 1:36 pm |
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I don't see any need to moralize about it. I just think the alembic works that way - everyone is basically trapped where they are. |
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| 46 . | by: | April 19, 2017, 1:28 pm |
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@9times Greenie had a dangerous personality that even his friends knew about when they lived in their old house. His revenge of choice on his girlfriend was to take over her personal space and manage every aspect of her life. Instead of moving to a new house and taking up a different, more legal job when they were strong-armed away from their old house, he took BossRat's offer to help manage the brothel, submitting his girlfriend to a life he knew would be bad for her for his own personal gain. Greenie has always thought a certain way, he just has power now. |
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| 45 . | by: 9times | April 19, 2017, 1:12 pm |
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@Acy, I also suspect that the lightning alembic and the labyrinth affect XY's mind as much as it affects the courtesans', forcing him to think a certain way. |
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| 44 . | by: Kaidona | April 19, 2017, 10:28 am |
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@Juna: I love Lemon. <3 I like all the girls but Lemon has a certain charm to her that's especially appealing to me. Also it's true, Cherry isn't a squatter, so Green Bean's just being a huge, greedy prick and using Sherry to do it. It's too bad; Sherry would be pretty if her personality wasn't so ugly. URL : http://kaidona.deviantart.com |
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| 43 . | by: natoon | April 19, 2017, 8:58 am |
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It just occurred to me that the pests are probably frequently featured on the menu :) |
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| 42 . | by: natoon | April 19, 2017, 8:54 am |
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And, she's no squatter. The only way Mr. G is possibly losing money on this is Cherry (or somebody else) isn't buying her meals 'full price' from the cafeteria. That's not stealing, that's choosing not to partake of a service. Perhaps bad deal-making on Greenie's part (non workers gotta eat too, don't they?) So, that's his own fault. Lemon took food out of the cafeteria, (which is not stealing unless you didn't pay for it) it's breaking a rule about not having food in more than one place so pest control is easier. |
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| 41 . | by: | April 19, 2017, 8:18 am |
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If it comes down to two choices, stealing from the wealthy in order to feed the poor is by far the lesser of two evils. And Greenie is the epitome of "I've got mine, fuck you". He knows how hard it is on the outside for poor people, he could try some empathy on for size. |
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| 40 . | by: hazard | April 19, 2017, 8:13 am |
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since Acai set up the alembic of the maze has he set up a special one to hide Cherry? |
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| 39 . | by: | April 19, 2017, 7:57 am |
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Just because Greenie decides he doesn't want to show charity, doesn't mean the rest of the place needs to follow suit. Maybe Lemon can offer to pay for all RealCherry's food, then, like Acai's paying for her lodging. That way "poor" Greenie's profits will be perfectly safe (not that I think he's losing much credit now). |
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| 38 . | by: Silkworm | April 19, 2017, 7:44 am |
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Aw man i got ninja'd |
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| 37 . | by: Silkworm | April 19, 2017, 7:43 am |
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@9times: Though the question to be asked about that discount is if it's actually a discount. There's nothing to stop the brothel from making food cost more as an additional service within its walls. Maybe an up charge for having someone prepare it, even if his actual cooking attempts are fairly recent.The working girls, and gents, don't have really have a choice of where they get their food from so there's nothing to keep the brothel from charging them more, even with a discount. In fact, given that the brothel workers are likely the main consumers of the brothel food they would have to up charge anyways or risk losing credit on this service. Its a scummy practice but I wouldn't put it past boss rat, and now Greenie. |
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| 36 . | by: kuu | April 19, 2017, 7:36 am |
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that is right. nobody said "hey this new fox is fake white like XX" because other know, XX is white. so she is not doing whatever psycological problem XX fig has |
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| 35 . | by: Acy | April 19, 2017, 7:33 am |
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Even though it is technically stealing, I can't really blame Cherry and Lemon, but I sure can blame Greenie. Even if he didn't create it, he's upholding and benefitting from and oppressive system where the workers have no freedom, can't leave, are worked till their no longer considered worth anything, and potentially ruined for life. Can we really be sure the food at the cafeteria is "discounted"? I don't see why anyone other than the courtesans would eat there, maybe a guest who stayed a while and couldn't wait, for all we know the prices could be marked up more than they are worth and presented as a discount, and they have to accept it, just like every other shitty system put in place here to control them. Seems more like a way to ensure the worker's money goes back into the business rather than a job benefit. |
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| 34 . | by: | April 19, 2017, 4:46 am |
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Rules are especially meant to be broken when they're a transparent attempt to starve out and bully a paid tenant. |
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| 33 . | by: Acy | April 19, 2017, 4:39 am |
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Rules are meant to be broken |
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| 32 . | by: 9times | April 19, 2017, 2:06 am |
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@26, remember that the food is provided to the courtesans at a discount, so giving it to non-courtesans is actually stealing credit. |
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| 31 . | by: | April 19, 2017, 2:03 am |
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If anyone gets his ass kicked in the next few pages, it's not going to be XY. I wonder if this is where we'll see the effect of his lightning alembic on Acai's. |
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| 30 . | by: | April 18, 2017, 10:49 pm |
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is greenie grey now? or is that the lighting?? |
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| 29 . | by: Dani | April 18, 2017, 9:30 pm |
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Acai and Cherry are so cute together :3 |
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| 28 . | by: Juna | April 18, 2017, 8:09 pm |
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True, this seems to be more about him trying to make his word rule. Also Kaidona, you pointing that out made me realize I wasn't appreciating Lemon's snark enough. |
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| 27 . | by: Furrama | April 18, 2017, 7:33 pm |
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He's your typical controlling jerkwad. Those sorts will make up an ass to give. Power for power's sake. |
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| 26 . | by: | April 18, 2017, 7:22 pm |
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I mean really, so long as the food's being paid for, why should Greenie give a (ahem) a rat's ass who's eating it? |
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| 25 . | by: | April 18, 2017, 6:19 pm |
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Sherry is a scab |
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| 24 . | by: | April 18, 2017, 6:16 pm |
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Re: The mouse sentry: Fig's bird sentry has that color speech bubble, too. I think it's just the usual color for sentries. |
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| 23 . | by: | April 18, 2017, 5:44 pm |
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Sharing her own food. Wow. God forbid someone show some kindness and generosity in this craphole you run, huh, Greenie? You disgusting little heap. |
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| 22 . | by: Kaidona | April 18, 2017, 4:38 pm |
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Here's the thing, asparagus sprout, Lemon clearly doesn't give a shit about your rules. Also it amuses me what a trench there is between the quality of Lemon's and Sherry's insults. that 'cherry who' shit's getting old, lady. you might want to come up with something a little bit more creative. And I was hoping to see Acai do some butt-whipping ages ago, so I'm in the boat with the rest of you folks, lol. URL : http://kaidona.deviantart.com |
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| 21 . | by: Juna | April 18, 2017, 2:54 pm |
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Looks like the leadership's suffering some inconsistencies. VD wants to be relatively kind, but Greenie+Sherry are cracking down. Besides that, looks Cherry and Lemon have been rendezvousing in a dark spot. In a gray area just outside the dominion of the nodes... and literally in a hard to see spot, granted, but I think the significance is still there. ...part of me was hopin for a second that Cherry, Lemon, and Acai could fight them, but they're definitely outmatched. |
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| 20 . | by: | April 18, 2017, 2:50 pm |
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Is the mouse and their blue bubble a subtle nod to Solar System, or just coincidence? |
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| 19 . | by: Furrama | April 18, 2017, 2:32 pm |
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@16 sorry, been misreading a lot lately. I don't think we've seen this mouse in particular. We have seen a black and white mouse before, but she had yellow text. |
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| 18 . | by: | April 18, 2017, 2:28 pm |
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So is he willing to let Cherry stay here, but not willing to let her eat? Is he trying to starve her out by not allowing her to have food or something? What a prick. |
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| 17 . | by: Furrama | April 18, 2017, 2:26 pm |
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If Plum's an arctic fox, Cherry II is very much not. But I like the idea that only Fig sees her as white. So far that's what makes the most sense to me. Though her text is still gray, that's telling. Those are rather cool markings, they and her fur colors remind me of carrion beetles. @16 The blue text is the guide mouse. |
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| 16 . | by: | April 18, 2017, 2:03 pm |
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have we seen the mouse courtesan/bright blue text before? |
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| 15 . | by: Starry | April 18, 2017, 1:44 pm |
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@11 - same @13 - I agree with this, especially with your comment on no one mentioning Sherry is white. Hoping it'll come up more in-story soon c: |
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| 14 . | by: Silkworm | April 18, 2017, 12:58 pm |
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I think Sherry's actual face markings remind me of some kind of bug, or maybe a plant? Anyone else getting that impression? |
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| 13 . | by: | April 18, 2017, 12:50 pm |
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XX also projects her own facial markings onto Sherry, while Sherry obviously doesn't have them here. I think it's correct that this is the "real" Sherry, and that the Sherry XX sees is actually how XX looks in reality (with the pink nose). No one commented on Sherry being white, but they definitely comment about XX. |
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| 12 . | by: | April 18, 2017, 12:21 pm |
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@10- makes sense. We'll see. @11- same. |
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| 11 . | by: Witch | April 18, 2017, 11:25 am |
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I want Greenie to get his ass kicked SO BAD |
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| 10 . | by: | April 18, 2017, 11:17 am |
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It'll be clearer why she's red the next time we see her interact with Fig. I'm fairly certain that Fig sees her as white, while in reality this is how she truly looks. I would think if she were an arctic fox we would have seen her coat shift more gradually like we've seen others in the past. Plus the others have had their summer coats for a while now. |
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| 9 . | by: natoon | April 18, 2017, 11:01 am |
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Also, Lemon's giving her half her ration "and then some." Could Cherry be pregnant? |
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| 8 . | by: natoon | April 18, 2017, 10:57 am |
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Sherry's eye color has changed, too. Could this be some kind of noia? |
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| 7 . | by: | April 18, 2017, 9:14 am |
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Fake!Cherry's a little snitch. |
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| 6 . | by: | April 18, 2017, 9:14 am |
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I got what was going on as soon as I realized it was Sherry, I was just wondering why she's red now. (and her anatomy is that of a red fox, not an arctic fox?) |
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| 5 . | by: | April 18, 2017, 9:13 am |
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Also Mr "Fuck Society" here sure seems to love emulating its worst rules. |
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| 4 . | by: | April 18, 2017, 9:12 am |
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Maybe Sherry was only white to XX, and she's not here right now? |
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| 3 . | by: | April 18, 2017, 9:12 am |
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Ok, figured it out. I guess Sherry was an arctic fox??? She is red now, in spring/summer. Panel 1: Lemon and escort mouse go down the hall Panel 2: Greenie and Sherry follow them like creepers Panel 3: Cherry and Lemon talk, escort mouse is there Panel 4: Still creepin, Sherry tells Greenie "Toldja." while listening to Lemon and Cherry's conversation. (Cherry calls VD-Rat a nice guy, Lemon says "Unlike Greenie") Panel 5: Conversation continues, Acai is there Panel 6: Sherry reveals herself without Greenie Panel 7-10: Insult exchange Panel 11-13: Oh no Greenie is there It's not really confusing once you realize you're looking at Sherry |
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| 2 . | by: | April 18, 2017, 9:05 am |
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yeah I am having real trouble with this page |
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| 1 . | by: | April 18, 2017, 7:48 am |
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Sherry's red now? I'm a little confused. |
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