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PANEL 1

ANAADO

YOU STILL LOOK SAD! WHY? WHAT IS IT?

PANEL 2

ANAADO

NOW THAT I’M FINALLY HERE — ARE YOU REALLY NOT HAPPY TO SEE ME?

PANEL 3

SPOOKY JONES

OF COURSE I’M HAPPY TO SEE YOU!

(cont)

I’VE WANTED THIS MOMENT FOR SO LONG… I CAN’T EVEN TELL YOU HOW MUCH I’VE WANTED IT.

PANEL 4

ANAADO

THEN WHY DO YOU LOOK… BROKEN?

PANEL 5

SPOOKY JONES

BECAUSE…

(cont)

BECAUSE I HAVEN’T SAVED YOU AT ALL.

(cont)

THIS CAN’T LAST.

PANEL 6

ANAADO

BUT YOU’RE WRONG! I CAN FEEL HOW SOLID YOUR MAGIC IS. THERE ARE NO HOLES, NO MISSED STITCHES. THE PRINCE HAS NO LEVERAGE TO FIGHT ME.

(cont)

SO LONG AS YOU MAINTAIN THE SPELL, I’LL BE ABLE TO STAY HERE WITH YOU FOREVER!

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The Young Protectors—Spooky Jones: Past Sins—Page 6

June 8, 2018 Alex Woolfson 109 Comments

See? Simple!

So! Spooky seems to think this situation can’t continue. But Anaado believes Spooky just needs more confidence in himself! Will the boyfriend from Hell be able to turn grumpy Spooky’s frown upside-down?

Tune in this Wednesday to find out! Hope to see you there! 😀

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109 Comments

Part of the problem is who you have taken over sweetie…

Drat, almost got it by accident. Had to work late, checked before going to bed.

Congratulations on the v, Doki.

So this is what I miss when I show up late…..I agree with Spooky……this cannot last…….Kyle must be returned……but what to do with Anaado ????

Good question.

This is headed down a sad, dark road…

We shall see…

Looks like it’s time for the heartfelt discussion about how much they miss each other, but how this situation can’t be allowed to continue. Cue woobie music…

But let’s look at this. We all know that Spooky won’t maintain the spell as is, because Kyle isn’t an evil enemy(tm) to be used as a resource.
However it’ll also be interesting to see whether there’s an element of can’t maintain the spell because he doesn’t have unlimited magical power – effectively trying to do so would be an open-ended power dynamic that would eventually suck him dry.

Oh dear, is this where ‘The Death Of Spooky Jones’ chapter title comes in to play? He tries to save both and ends up sacrificing himself? We know that he’s got an impulsive streak when it comes to rescuing people: he would have killed himself with the I’m-gonna-suck-up-all-these-dead-people’s-souls-and-keep-them-safe-until-we-can-resurrect-their-bodies incident if Kyle hadn’t been there.

Or maybe that’s the whole point? Spooky sacrifices himself to get back both Kyle and Anaado, and has enough trust in Kyle’s power and morality that once Kyle is back the demon prince can jump-start Spooky back as well?

Hmmm. I made that theory up on the spur-of-the-moment as a random bizarre thought, but as I look at it the more I like it…

We can’t really lose Spooky now, we still need him since he’s the only non-crazy, non-evil magic user around. We lose him and the world is basically doomed.

Save Spooky, save the world.

I’m still sticking to the theory that Spooky will regain his actual, original name in the process of dealing with Anaado’s predicament so the name “Spooky Jones” can indeed die, but he himself won’t!

Also nice speculation. 🙂

Woobie music! I love it.

(And some lovely speculation as well, Saxon.)

What ever the solution, I hope it includes some sexy time with Anaado. I don’t think Kyle will mind too much. A kind of magical Ménage à trois.

I think Kyle has had enough magic-enhanced sex to last him a lifetime.

Really? I think I’d mind if someone other than me used my body for sex.

Let the demon prince have his body back! Find another body for Anaado. Maybe young Ani’s body, since he’s almost a blank slate with no memories.

Oh hell no. He’s not a blank slate, he’s a teenage boy. Thirteen to sixteen.

Seriously, you think a sixteen year old deserves to be demon-possessed and erased?

OK cool. Cool cool cool. An old flame is back. But where’s our boy Kyle? Is there a way to have both of them there at the same time?

That’s a good question. 🙂

Okay, okay, we got this. Spooky, here’s what you need to do.

First, break the current spell, restoring Kyle and sending Anaado back to Hell and its torments, temporarily.

Second, apologize to Kyle and quickly explain the situation. Then magically sedate Kyle so he doesn’t interfere in the next steps.

Third, summon a demon that you’d normally use as cannon fodder. A demon that’s only useful to you for its otherworldly flesh.

Fourth, have passionate sex with this new worthless demon. Recast the spell yet again that only works when you have total trust in your partner, letting that *thing* into your mind fully.

Fifth, Anaado possesses the other demon’s body just like last time. Just because you want the spell to conclude that way and magic always works the way you expect it to.

Sixth, wake up Kyle and everyone’s happy again. Problem solved!

There must be a way that does not involve sending Anaado back.

at times like these I keep thinking about my first name meaning “hope” x’D

Stick him in a bottle and put him on a shelf?

That might work.

Stick him in a bottle and put him on a shelf?

Kyle is that bottle right now at this moment!

I’m not sure I’d say everyone would be happy then. Spooky would still have to choose between the two in regards to who to be with.

Would he really? Maybe Kyle and Anaado can get to know each other, like each other and so on, and the three of them will be together?
Among being through literal Hell, being a demon spawn and so on, living in a happy triangle isn’t so weird.

Goodness. I assumed my sarcasm was blatant, that it was obvious that my “plan” was unacceptable for several reasons. Sorry about that. I’ll try to flag it better next time.

I do like the idea of having a bottle for Anaado instead of the danger of sending him back to Hell, even temporarily. It seems like a reasonable first step in fixing this.

I see else-thread the suggestion that Anaado uses Spooky’s body instead of Kyle’s. That’s obviously unsatisfactory for several reasons, but perhaps if Spooky and Anaado can switch places at will, that might work as a temporary fix. I also must point out that, even though the chapter is called “The Death of Spooky Jones”, we can’t lose Spooky completely — he still needs to fix the wall between Hell and Earth that the Platinum Priestess was on about. (Unless *that* was a lie too, which is still possible.)

Ha! What could possibly go wrong?

What happened to Anaado’s body? Did he leave it behind, or is it somewhare else? He describes his escape as going bodily through a portal.

I think that most demons probably only have bodies as a function of a spell, being basically ‘spirits’ — and he jumped into the body that was in the path of the portal. Everything since then, though, is pretty much him being kind of a jerk.

He has just escaped six years of captivity and torment. And he has been reunited with his long lost love. Of course he is happy.

Hmm… when you didn’t even know you cast a spell to begin with, it can be hard maintaining it – should you want to. In this case Spooky really wants to, and yet not, given the circumstances. His old lover has invaded his new lover.. boyfriend. That’s NOT how you keep two boyfriends or a menage à trois.

So in more than one way it’s a want vs. can’t. Poor Spooky. His mind and emotions must be so conflicted.

I think that’s very fair to say.

Dude. So not cool. Give Kyle back. Stop making assumptions about our flaming marshmallow.

And go back to the torture chamber?

As soon as he stops thinking he did good by taking Kyle over then there can be a conversation. (I suppose I’m not feeling very charitable at the moment.)

And I’m sure the flaming marshmallow would appreciate that. 🙂

😀

Well phrased, Spooky. Not “because Kyle is my friend and I want him back.” “Because I haven’t saved you at all.” Confirming that he really, really wants to save Anaado.

“The prince has no leverage” … translation, “HEY SPOOKY YOU ARE KEEPING KYLE A PRISONER IN HIS OWN BODY AND THAT IS MUCH, MUCH WORSE THAN WHAT ANNIHILATOR DID.”

Not really, at all. We don’t even know if Kyle is even conscious of what’s going on. If he’s fighting on the inside that would suck, but waiting for Spooky to fix this is nowhere near as bad as anything Duncan inflicted on him.

I think it’s OK for me to Word of God this: when Anaado talks about Kyle’s essence being “subjugated” and especially when he says it’s “completely submerged,” Spooky understands that to mean that Kyle is currently unconscious.

That’s what I figured.

this is the worst :””)

Can’t see Anaando being very happy with the situation once he understands that Kyle isn’t just a clone of Dad. I think he’s going to be very resistant to understanding that, because it would mean understanding that Kyle doesn’t deserve to be dumped on just because he’s a demon prince.

On the other hand, it should be easy to get Anaado to admit that not all demons are monsters.

I dunno, he’s having no qualms at all about enjoying the stolen POWER of the demon-prince … he seemed to be thrilled by that.

And with the way he’s squashing Kyle (or thinks he is) I’m not all that impressed by his judgement. He’s acting pretty much like the worst things about demons there. Anaado is also a demon. Of course he isn’t going to think all demons are monsters, unless he personally thinks of himself as a monster.

I think you might’ve been thinking “not all demon ROYALTY are monsters” which … yeah, that’s one I’d have trouble with too, if Kyle hadn’t been raised on Earth.

No, I was thinking that being a demon himself, Anaado would readily admit that not all demons are monsters.

I feel so bad for Anaado… not nly does he not know anything yet, he is also so genuinely happy and concerned for Spooky… ;___;

Yep. 🙂

I’m not really fond of the way that Spooks is treating Kyle’s predicament as something of an afterthought. Given that they are teammates, close friends, and now lovers of a sort, one would think he would’ve reacted faster than this. 🙁

It has only been a couple of minutes. And he has to find a way to tell Anaado.

“You have freed me from years of torture, my shining star, my love. Here I am!”
“Oops, didn’t mean to do that. Where did my boyfriend go?”

Not nice at all.

So here’s the cold logic.

Spooky can’t/won’t keep Kyle suppressed. Nor will he let Anaado be forced back to hell. Anaado cannot exist without a body. Spooks has a body.

Thus, Spooky is gonna give Anaado his own body. They may merge, but as a result, they won’t be the same guy. Spooky will be “dead.”

Or, he may be forced to actually sacrifice his own life to keep Anaado from being imprisoned in hell. Also Dead Spooky as outcome.

GASP! The title of the chapter foreshadowed the sacrifice…

Well yeah that’s kind of the point of what I was saying there.

Omg! I hadn’t thought about that D:
That theory is even more plausible than mine, about Spooky getting his memory back aka. also his real name so no more Spooky Jones. That was my initial theory about the chapter title, but your theory sounds very likely given the start of this chapter.

or switch places with Anaado and then try to find his way out of hell again. He managed before.

That would be self-sacrifice indeed.

Interesting,… 🙂

Well, we have seen that Spooky has a tendency to impulsively try to save everyone and occasionally biting off more than he can chew…

True.

Some nice speculation there, Stephen. 🙂

The future of this relationship ain’t looking good. What a dilemma…

“Are you saying that you FORGOT me? I never forgot you. You were the only reason sometimes to keep fighting and hoping.”

“I dreamed of the moment for so long. Now, I am here and we can make up for lost time.”

“Why do you look so sad?”

To quote Sam from QUANTUM LEAP: “Oh, boy.”

You get +1000 for Quantum Leap!

Could he be broken because Spooky loves Kyle?

With every page, it’s getting less and less likely that there will be an outcome where everything works out for everyone. At the very least, somebody’s heart is going to get broken here. At the very worst, someone will end up dead, suppressed in their own body forever, or a prisoner of a nasty demon lord. Poor everyone involved; I feel badly for all of them, for different reasons!

ETA: And boy oh boy, I wonder how the next bit of conversation will go when Spooky tells his ex about Kyle!

Spooky: Uh, yeah; about that demon prince:

1. His name is Kyle, and he’s actually a really great guy, and;
2. He’s so great, in fact, that he just became my boyfriend;
3. And I’d like him back now, so we can figure out how to save you from that demon guy in Hell for real. Sorry?

Messy, messy. :-/

Yep.

Interesting ‘camera’ angles.

I’m glad you like them, Ruben. I really like what Adam and Vero did with this page.

I feel there is going to be heartbreak!

I’m pretty confident that they’ll find a way to rescue Anaado and still keep Kyle in control of his own body again.

Oh you sweet sweet demon child, that’s probably not how things will go unfortunately.

Spooky is behaving like a soap opera character, ha ha….he is taking forever to get to the point….that he cares very much for Kyle and Kyle is not a monster, and Anaado must give his body back to him. I get it…. suspense. On the soaps the conversation can drag on for a week, or at least until a Friday….or commercial.

I’ll give Spooky a pass for taking so long….he was shocked to see Anaado appear like this, and he clearly cares for Anaado, as well. However, the fellow is a demon…. and Kyle deserves his body back.

Hardly forever. A couple of minutes so far.

The http://webcomics.yaoi911.com/?last_webcomic=webcomic3 link does not work. It goes to the Artifice title page.

Yep, I installed a new plugin last night and it looks like it might have stepped on that dynamic link. I tried disabling the plugin and clearing my caches, but it’s still broken. I’ve got an email in to the developer. No timeline on when it gets fixed, but I’m on it. 🙂

Danishwolf and I sent an email to Alex.

Hello Campers,
Declare if you are you or you are your demon or some combination of both!

Good one ,Dave…….Hmmmm…..Can I have some time to think this over…..maybe consult the other voices?

Perfectly fine with me

😉

OK…..”They” said I was strange…but not a demon!

I only hear voices in my head when I’m writing a short story and the characters take over.

After what happened after I took my dog to the vet for her annual physical…..I have more concerns for her mental state than mine.

I’m sort of afraid to ask. I hope your doggie is Ok.

She’s fine……3 days of no barking and a whole lot of sleeping……then two loud barks the other evening after 10 PM…..I ran up to tell her to pipe down……as I stepped out the back door….the third bark….mid bark she saw me standing there……it was like she tried to pull the bark back….came out as a series of yips ,deep howls and sounded more like she was drunk!

I think she wanted you…

Saturday was my 50th High School Reunion. One of my classmates breeds labra-doodles and she has a puppy available, Too big of a dog for me. I like little 10 lb balls of fur

Well, mine is a whole lot more than 10 pounds…..she tipped the scale at 80 pounds this time…..old and lazy (she will be 8 in November)

My little beast lived to almost 15y/o.

What breed was your little beast? Mine is a border collie cross.

Silkie terrier cousin to a yorky …

Sounds like an ankle biter for sure…..My Mom had a poodle that lived almost that long.

My little dog never bit.
My Mom had an apricot poodle about 20 pounds and those two little beasts used to sleep on either side of my legs when I would visit. It was like a Mexican standoff between the two.

Poodles are territorial by nature.

He was taught not to step off the curb and into the street and he “guarded” our yard. Loud, threatening, charging and then a sniff and a tail wag. “pet me, pet me” type of tail wag.

Mom’s poodle was a yapper……and bound for trouble…..before we left the ranch I grew up on….Mom started taking short walks for exercise…..she had started losing her sight….the poodle started off walking with her….then scampered off……one of the other farm dogs we had went after the poodle…..got around behind it and nipped it to send it back to Mom.

Doggies do that.

Mom kept the poodle on a leash after that…..the dog that sent her back…..became a sort of “seeing eye” dog for Mom…..circular driveway …..farm house in the middle of a hay field…..the other dog would walk on the outside and keep Mom from wandering into the field.

Good dogs

Labra-doodles are a great dog, but also a whole lot of work with grooming, as they have a fur coat that matters without a lot of brushing. Sadly many get the dog, not being aware of this, and it’s a breed dog groomers often see when they have to emergency-cut a dog.

Another memory — my little terrier once rolled in the deer flops. I grabbed him in an old towel and went straight to the tub for a bath.

My Parents had a poodle and they do require frequent bathing and grooming. A neighbor had a Pomeranian that was more care.

This is a terrible situation. Alex, I don’t know how ur gonna work this out!?

The New Page is Up…

http://webcomics.yaoi911.com/typ2/legendary-ch3-page-7/

And note that the special link that goes directly to the last page:

http://webcomics.yaoi911.com/?last_webcomic=webcomic3

Sends you to the cover page of ARTIFICE.
Alex is getting it fixed. He explains it about 12 posts below.
HOWEVER, until then, any page in LEGENDARY will jump to the last page with the LAST link.
And if you are on any page of either ARTIFICE, Engaging the Enemy, or LEGENDARY, the ARCHIVE MENU at the top of the page will provide links to LEGENDARY

The developer has now fixed the issue. The old, “legacy” link is still not working, but the new link that I let y’all know about when I upgraded the site

http://webcomics.yaoi911.com/?webcomic_url=webcomic3-last

seems to work just fine. If you haven’t already, please edit your bookmark to use the new code to automatically be sent to the most current page. 🙂

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