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Rain Burn / Re: Rain Burn, page 466

« on: January 16, 2026, 11:58:21 pm »

Roko is FA with things that he really, really shouldn't be FA with. Because if that's what I think it is, the FO is going to be an absolute - and literal - monster.

If this is this universe's Blasted Heath, that's the Colour Out of Space sitting there... watching. (It's even the perfect shade of unnatural magenta).

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Rain Burn / Re: Rain Burn, page 465

« on: January 13, 2026, 11:40:30 pm »

DARK AVE mana? Roko that's just gross.

Not to mention there might just be something else that wants that mana...

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Rain Burn / Re: Rain Burn, page 463

« on: January 05, 2026, 11:16:19 pm »

With all this, um, extracurricular activity, either that tree is dead as a doornail or it's going to go off like Chernobyl once these two damage it enough.

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Rain Burn / Re: Rain Burn, page 462

« on: January 04, 2026, 11:10:09 pm »

To be fair might just be simpler to Run back to sadia and brand. Maybe sadia could de escalate things before they unleash the inevitable army of evil puppets on the world.

Granted we all know that is going to happen. But hey i want to learn more about the Dark aves. So having one that is alive might make things easier.

Not necessarily inevitable but the boy is really playing with fire here. Plus, as you pointed out, maybe the Dark Aves have a few answers if you give them sufficient motivation to provide them. If this were one of my TTRPGs I'd be trying to CAPTURE one of the damn things, not just fry them. Maybe having Saida give one a hotfoot will get them to start squawking.

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Rain Burn / Re: Rain Burn, page 462

« on: January 04, 2026, 12:26:24 am »

The Shock Jockey is about to hit the puddle, isn't it?

This can practically describe the entire series. "Dammit, Roko, no!!"

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Rain Burn / Re: Rain Burn, page 461

« on: December 29, 2025, 10:43:52 pm »

Almost reminds me of Gru facing a fixed carnival game and deciding to take matters into his own hands.

"Now - my turn."

This thing with Roko is both weird and sinister. No surprise Dark Aves are hanging around the Blasted Heath (Lovecraft, "The Colour Out of Space.") Roko taunting them and then letting them have it with Shock Jockey is, um, not a good development.

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Rain Burn / Re: Rain Burn, page 460

« on: December 27, 2025, 02:20:09 am »

I think that Roko is massively playing with fire here. What the hell motive does the Puppetmancer, or whatever is left of him, have to tell Roko the truth? That he's a kitsune? Yes, that worked so well with the last nogitsune that he ran into.

But by all means, keep right on poking that dragon!

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Rain Burn / Re: Rain Burn, page 458

« on: December 20, 2025, 09:09:41 pm »

You know its funny, they are being chased by the Quetz. They have what could be one of the eyes of the Uber god. So that opens up a whole new can of worms. And they are currently in a forest Filled with evil puppets that are equipped with lots and lots of pointy sharp objects. And the only one who is taking this seriously is Sadia. who i still say is about to have a mental break down from Wrangling these children.

Like come on roko, You have caused Every Problem. You were the reason why Brand lost his Wings. You were the reason why they swapped bodies. Hell your latest stunt was declaring war on the quetz by trying to Kill one of their leaders. Like i don't care if you like the Quetz or not. As sleazy as they are with their weird egg tithes and the whole thing with the Sun dragon. You were the one who Stole the eye. An eye for all we know is one of the Actual eyes that could cause armageddon if united.

Kinda justify them wanting to take them into custody.

Ps. we all know Roko isn't actual dumb. He is quite good at manipulating people around him. He also understands his own limitations and the world around him. Prime example of this is it only took him 2 second to realize the tailed rat was a massive threat. So, one wonders what is actually gong threw his mind half the time.

Roko is sort of a zenko-kitsune rogue. He's got a ton of problems, but he also takes the whole idea of guarding Saida and Brand seriously. Without his help they'd still be trapped by Darya. He realized Suzokon-kyo was a yao-no-kitsune because he is a kitsune. He can see through all illusions, and calling out Suzokon broke a lot of his plans right off the bat - which is why the "tailed rat" reserved a special fate for him. To quote my favorite novel Hellspark, "You of all people, Ish shan, should know that even gods take vengeance on those who thwart them."

But he never heard the term "curiosity killed the cat." If the Puppetmancer is also a kitsune - which I think he is - he would be a full blooded kyuubi-no-kitsune. A deity. Locking him in that tree took the efforts of all the gods of the world working together, and somehow the act corrupted them all. I would treat this entire grove as pure poison if I were a magic user. Nothing but corruption and evil here, something so horrific it would make O-Inari herself weep. And it all stems from that one tree. The one Roko wants to go and touch. That's like walking up to a high level D&D magic trap and going, "Hold my beer and watch this!"

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Rain Burn / Re: Rain Burn, page 458

« on: December 19, 2025, 11:43:36 pm »

Sure, Roko-san. Sure you weren't. Seriously, I'd listen to Saida-hime on this one. If that's what I think it is locked in that tree, it better STAY locked in that tree. Suzocon was bad enough. I don't think you really want to meet his master.

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Rain Burn / Re: Rain Burn, page 457

« on: December 16, 2025, 07:02:33 pm »

Being a different color, I'm guessing that one was maybe the puppetmancer.

I think that has a very high chance of being correct. Roko, you already got your butt handed to you by one monster. Why. Would. You. Poke. Another. And one that's absolutely radiating mana even in stasis?

Real galaxy-brained bunch here save for poor Saida-hime, trapped in a barbarian earth dragon's body and still no-one takes her seriously  And she alone may know the nature of exactly what is sleeping in that tree. It doesn't look pokeable. It looks terrifying.

As was famously said, "I've got a bad feeling about this."

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Rain Burn / Re: Rain Burn, Page 456

« on: December 13, 2025, 12:53:07 pm »

Just got to point this out. Sadia looks like she is about to explode. As lets be frank hear, she been kinda bullied from the start by brand and roko. And what did it get her? Her body got swapped, she saw her brother possibly get killed, She is a wanted criminal. She might have saw a bunch of aves she knew get hurt and lastly she is now trespassing on grounds which may be Insanely dangerous.

and what did brand an roko do? Well Cool lets go pillage the graveyard. And you wonder why she looks like she is about to have a mental breakdown.

She needs to just haul these two idjits on front of her, remember she is Saida-hime, and go all royal on their asses. She has a barbarian body and a sorceror's knowledge. Start using them!

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Rain Burn / Re: Rain Burn, Page 456

« on: December 12, 2025, 11:59:05 pm »

Not. Helping. Brand.

Roko, quit poking the sleeping dragon before it pokes back. Then you might have a problem on your little rubber paws.

Saida-hime: FML.

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Rain Burn / Re: Rain Burn, Page 455

« on: December 11, 2025, 10:04:11 am »

Those trees kinda look to me like they were running.

Could very well they were charging into battle when the Dryads and Ayal, backed by the other kami, hit them with everything they had, and that stopped them cold, trapped in their trees.

That does NOT mean their animating magic is gone. They're trapped... But maybe not dead.

Saida-hime is a study of the world's history as much as Suzokon-kyo was. That's why Roko is so foolish. But "poking the sleeping bear" seems to be a primary weakness, so...

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Rain Burn / Re: Rain Burn, Page 455

« on: December 09, 2025, 11:06:56 am »

I just love Roko's face in that last panel.
Also his reasoning does check out.

Poppycock. Roko-san is being baka again. Saida is telling him, don't poke the sleeping dragons. What does he do? Promptly start poking them because "they're evil."

At this point, if I were poor Saida-hime, I'd be tempted to give up. Her advice is very good, nearly every time she's dead right, and nobody listens to her. She's the one good-aligned quetz they've ever found. FFS she's basically the quetz's Perry, young, idealistic, and knows at some level her okasa went bad. If Saida-hime says not to mess with something...

Well, Roko-san wants to FAFO, I guess he's gonna find out soon enough.

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Rain Burn / Re: Rain Burn, Page 454

« on: December 06, 2025, 12:42:04 am »

<<This is what Suzocon was trying to do.>>

O Rly, Roko-san? Whatever gave you that silly idea?

Seriously, we haven't seen the last of THAT no-good nogitsune. I'm down to 3 ideas:

1) He's the Puppetmancer, having escaped (since nobody would go near his tomb) and quietly set up shop to start working on a new plan while his corrupted gods trash the world for him.

2) He's the Puppetmancer's protege as in Sauron being Morgoth's protege. They buried his sensei but the student lives on, working on a method of trashing the world more likely to work than his master's. Like a good Igor, he slipped out the back door when things got hairy. (h/t Terry Pratchett).

3) He's a big fan of the Puppetmancer's work and being the modest, humble being he is, he figures he can do better. See 2).

Either this whole Suzocon<->Puppetmancer thing is the world's greatest red herring or Roko just cinched it.