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42 . by: March 27, 2018, 12:45 pm

I wonder if XX has ever used old, discarded lipstick as pigment before.
41 . by: Mutt January 22, 2018, 3:08 pm

@39 Good eye! Didn't notice that.
40 . by: Taj January 22, 2018, 10:43 am

@29 Haha, it's a pretty sweet gig! I'll have you get myself moving on making the paper dolls. In the meantime, I can share flower pictures! Here's Scruffy's Angel Trumpet in bloom. The lighting isn't great, it's a gloomy winter day outside the greenhouse today.

URL : http://photos.app.goo.gl/M421svSaSYuSQ0Ay1
39 . by: January 22, 2018, 10:12 am

Just realized she collapsed into slumber in nearly the same position as her self-portrait. Neat touch :)
38 . by: kuu January 22, 2018, 9:02 am

he won't take her to meet the other HOIT people without talking about it

maybe they are going to a special quiet place so he will talk to fetus fig? or maybe is trap of danger and lies from Greeny
37 . by: January 22, 2018, 8:04 am

I hope RG gleaned some value from her painting, as someone who knows the way out.
36 . by: January 21, 2018, 4:16 am

@31

URL : http://Youtu.be/-TcLxlkc2pA?t=5s
35 . by: January 20, 2018, 1:34 pm

On one hand I feel like it would be odd for Smoothie to not visit her again (not to mention, a bit dickish considering she's stuck here and they haven't properly talked and left on a sour note), on the other hand I can see why people would think this is a set up and not actually Smoothie. Very curious to see if it is him and what his visit will entail.
34 . by: January 20, 2018, 9:34 am

Does RG's feelers disappear on panel 6?
33 . by: January 20, 2018, 6:43 am

Also also I don't think clients are going to like the stained white fur very much.
32 . by: January 20, 2018, 6:42 am

Also I just realized how XX's fur is so insanely bristled in the last panel when she sees the message to Fig.
31 . by: January 20, 2018, 6:40 am

Can we stop and appreciate the tiny text of 'peck', along with the dots prior to it, because it really sells how gently RG is nudging at her.
30 . by: Blazic January 20, 2018, 4:13 am

Can we take a moment to appreciate how adorable sleepy floofed XX is?

URL : http://walloftext.co/i-dont-quite-know-why-im-sharing-this
29 . by: January 20, 2018, 1:57 am

Also, Taj, I'm mad jealous. You should do it! Everybody can make neat nofna content! Granted idk when my Epiphyllum will bloom. It's two years old now and started as a leaf cutting. Gonna start fertilizing in a month or two. Should be plenty of time for my lazy butt to make the figurines.
28 . by: 19 January 20, 2018, 1:51 am

I will definitely share pics! And I'm only 23 but did grow up playing neopets and can't recall where I picked up plushie. It rolls off the tongue better imo and sounds cuter, haha.
27 . by: Taj January 20, 2018, 12:17 am

I've been using the word plushie since before the era of neopets. Maybe is a regional word?

I would love to see a nofna inspired plushie!! Please share if you make one.

I work in a greenhouse, and we have several of the plants featured in nofna. I've been kicking around the idea of making paper dolls for a self indulgent photoshoot. The only flower budding/blooming right now is Scruffy's, though.
26 . by: Plushie January 20, 2018, 12:13 am

In case you were wondering: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plushie

I mean, it's not a huge leap relegated to one point of origin or anything, though I guess "normies" call them "stuffed animals"
25 . by: Juna January 19, 2018, 11:30 pm

@23, huh. I didn't realize that wasn't like a widespread term. Granted I played Neopets too as a kid, so....
24 . by: January 19, 2018, 10:22 pm

@23 Isn’t the term ‘plushie’ from neopets? hahah
23 . by: January 19, 2018, 8:11 pm

@19 I used the word plushie in society a couple times and people have never heard that term before. Often, they look at me like I'm crazy. I'm glad I got this random confirmation that I'm not crazy.
22 . by: Finity January 19, 2018, 3:28 pm

Throughout this comic we haven't been restricted to Fig/XX's point of view only, so we usually get insight beforehand into tricks and traps like the ones y'all are suspecting... So for now, I'm inclined to take what RG's saying here at face value. I was thinking maybe Smoothie just wanted to have Fig meet Scruffy, or other members of HIOT?
21 . by: Picanco January 19, 2018, 1:53 pm

@19 Oh, if you do, you have to give us pictures! I saw a night-blooming cereus on sale the other day and passed it up because I already have a LOT of plants. I think a free one will also be coming into my home soon too. <3

@20 I really want to believe nothing bad will happen, but I do think Greenie is up to something. I don' think he will destroy her paintings, and it does make sense to kill Smoothie at the brothel... though he could have sent Fig out while also sending a letter out to Smoothie to come in. I really don't want to be right.
20 . by: January 19, 2018, 1:06 pm

"But, we have to go someplace this time. That's what they told me he said."

This is, hmm. They had to go someplace LAST time, so why is this worth mentioning? Does he mean they have to go someplace to meet up with him, rather than Smoothie coming to Fig Trees to pick her up? It does seem really suspicious. I suspect Greenie is either trying to get her out of her room (to destroy her painting stuff?? Although that could be done while she's at lunch so maybe not.) Or Greenie is sending her somewhere for some other nefarious reason.

I've always suspected that Greenie would kill Smoothie (he already tried to by having him be Fig's only client during winter, although he tripped that trap impulsively by sending in VD.) But it seems smarter to kill Smoothie IN Fig Trees, so I don't think that's going to be the outcome of this. Likely whatever is happening here doesn't even have anything to do with Smoothie.
19 . by: January 19, 2018, 12:15 pm

Sleepy X is the cutest dang thing. I almost want to make a plushie of her. Definitely going to make figurines of her and Smoothie to go in my night blooming cereus's pot to keep it company.
18 . by: Downhill January 19, 2018, 9:04 am

@bluefan Now that I'm looking at it again, I may have deeply misinterpreted the line "I would like to continue buying your paintings, if not your company"
17 . by: hazard January 19, 2018, 8:40 am

@12 i'd bet if its a trick its not Smoothie doing the trick, but Greenie or someone in the brothel
16 . by: hazard January 19, 2018, 8:37 am

OH SHIT SMOOTHIE WROTE A LETTER TO FIG ITSELF
15 . by: natoon January 19, 2018, 8:35 am

I think she does know. She lied about her stained fur to Smoothie. Surely she knew as she cleaned herself up that it was blood.
14 . by: bluefan January 19, 2018, 7:44 am

@Downhill, when was that? I thought Smoothie said in his letter that he'd like to keep buying her paintings and if possible her time?

@camila, personally I believe she doesn't know it consciously. But if she thinks a few things through she might deduce it from what happened (for example, she might remember him coming to see her right before he 'disappeared')
13 . by: camila January 19, 2018, 6:11 am

off-topic: does XX remember that she killed the VD? is she conscious of that memory?
12 . by: Downhill January 19, 2018, 2:42 am

I'm really worried this meetup is a trick by the ex-boyfriend, considering Smoothie said he wouldn't pay for her time anymore. Though I'm not sure to what end that would be, exactly.
11 . by: bluefan January 19, 2018, 2:38 am

@Furrama, I did like that theory! But I think you're mistaken. It seems she painted herself with black this time, while last time was grey (might have been blue but unsaturated)
Also, she didn't paint her face last time. I kinda like it! :)
10 . by: January 18, 2018, 11:36 pm

Ooooh she isn't blank white anymore, she has shading to her again
9 . by: Furrama January 18, 2018, 11:29 pm

@7 Ah sorry, I misunderstood.

I have a theory that she didn't just draw on herself, but that that's still the paint from her date night. We just couldn't see it once it blended into the white nothingness. Now that she has some gradients, it's reappeared.
8 . by: January 18, 2018, 11:21 pm

Just a guess here but think the painting on herself is something she's not aware she's done. She seems to black out during episodes and then not remember events at a few points, which would fit with the MIs she seems to be being portrayed as having developed.
7 . by: 2 January 18, 2018, 11:01 pm

@Furrama: "Her" as in "Fig". The reading of the part addressed to X happened only a few pages ago and XX/Fig being two people is a major plot point, so the comment was left with (perhaps too much) assumption that that and the fact the page here reveals Smoothie addressing Fig in writing was enough context for the meaning.
6 . by: Witticaster January 18, 2018, 10:49 pm

Oh, that's interesting that she's painting on herself again. Did she paint and paint until she couldn't stay awake anymore? Also I see COLOR on that one piece of bark! I'm so happy she's finally getting more definition and rekindling her passion.

I was wondering when she'd read the other side! Can't wait to see what kind of stern words Smoothie has for Fig. Speaking of which, the red side of Smoothie's message, from a distance, actually looks a little bit like the inside of a fig fruit.
5 . by: Juna January 18, 2018, 9:53 pm

I'm happy that XX is still shaded/gray-pupiled! last week's page made every indication of it being a lasting change but it's nice to actually see that carried through. I wonder what sort of idea she's exploring with the body paint.
4 . by: Furrama January 18, 2018, 9:44 pm

Uh, you're probably about to be disappointed.

Dearest X is her Art half.

Fig. is her Animal half.

We've read the message to XX, he's now addressing the other side. He's recognizing that she's two people.
3 . by: January 18, 2018, 9:38 pm

Addressing both entities he met in his dream. Wonder what he has to say to "Fig", probably not as nice as X's message.
2 . by: January 18, 2018, 9:30 pm

Well, he's finally addressing her as a person at least it seems? Guess it really depends on what he has to say and if he recognizes any harm he's done on where things will go from here.
1 . by: Furrama January 18, 2018, 8:59 pm

He DID write two messages.