If the mirror is bolted in place, then Taurenil’s habit of moving the armoire might have had nothing to do with the mirror itself…just with that particular spot on the floor.
Trap door on the floor which she wanted to seal closed with a heavy object? Trap door on the ceiling which she wanted to reach? If the room does connect to a network of secret passages, then it explains why she always asked for that specific room.
Her expression on the next panel indicates (according to my interpretation) that she realised something, and so wouldn’t finish the sentence as she originally intented. She was lucky that Carruthers give her a way out. I assume the original ending would have been "… when I was a girl." or something along that line. Adding it together with the rest of the information provided in the conversations, I concluded that Ajira grew up in Hoggs but left for whatever reasons. Those reasons are either to do something with Baz or with her carrier. Maybe both.
But as others also wrote about hidden information, I guess I’m not the only one drawing (such) conclusions here. Of course, I can be wrong in both case. 🙂
Though ten years have gone by, I imagine when magic was still stronger mirrors were used for travel as well. If that were the case, then a mere sheet would stop peeping toms, but not someone coming through, all horror-movie-wise.
Ah, so an armoire is just a wardrobe. So she (Taurenil) moved a, presumably, heavy wardrobe in front of a mirror. The Abbey’s a magic free zone, and magic in this world is fading anyway; so, presumably, no one’s using the mirror as some kind of eldritch spying system and I assume technology isn’t so advanced in this era that its indistinguishable from magic. So…
The mirror actually does have some kind of malignant entity in it, or…
Taurenil’s some species of sunlight loving vampire!
Who puts a trapdoor in a ceiling unless it’s to access an attic space? Who puts a trapdoor in the floor unless it’s too access a cellar/basement? Who puts a trapdoor in either location if the room is neither on the level directly below the roof space or directly above the ground? Has anyone ever come across such a thing in real life where a middle storey room has a trapdoor in either location?
The mirror is free standing (albeit bolted to the floor), so it’s not a two way used by the Monks to keep an eye on guests they suspect of bending or breaking the rules of the tournament. It’d make no sense to bolt a wall mounted mirror to the floor when it could just as easily be secured to the wall.
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If the mirror is bolted in place, then Taurenil’s habit of moving the armoire might have had nothing to do with the mirror itself…just with that particular spot on the floor.
Trap door on the floor which she wanted to seal closed with a heavy object? Trap door on the ceiling which she wanted to reach? If the room does connect to a network of secret passages, then it explains why she always asked for that specific room.
A mirror bolted in place is a good place to hide a hidden passage or pannel
Another story about an evil sorcerer and a mirror, huh? )) reminds me of Kurassa a bit x)
Well, sure. You didn’t think Kurassa had ever had an original thought, did you?
Okay, you got me there ^^"
Whatever happened to Kurassa? Wasn’t he blitzed in some battle with the gods?
I guess you meant this scene: https://www.yafgc.net/comic/3383-the-phoenix-plugs-the-drain/
But that wasn’t the end of his story, the last we’ve seen him here: https://www.yafgc.net/comic/3410-goodbye-montage/
Oh great, so now he’s Skelator…
"Toujours l’amoire!"
Nice.
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Thank you. 🙂
I’ve been awaiting this moment!!
Love the interplay of text and illustration in this one 🙂
I like how information is hidden within an expression that only we can see. It’s not breaking the 4th wall but exploiting it’s potential.
> I’ve been awaiting this moment!!
Hooray!!!
… Which moment?
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Like P!enapple said, this one. Wait, now this one. And now THIS one! Wait, now….
Sooo… Now we know how she knows Baz Hoggs. 🙂 The question is, what happened and why did she leave?
> Now we know how she knows Baz Hoggs.
Iiin-teresting. What’s your theory?
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THAT moment lol
When the 2ndary mystery evolves ever so slightly 🙂
Heh heh heh.
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"It’s just like the one I had…"
Her expression on the next panel indicates (according to my interpretation) that she realised something, and so wouldn’t finish the sentence as she originally intented. She was lucky that Carruthers give her a way out. I assume the original ending would have been "… when I was a girl." or something along that line. Adding it together with the rest of the information provided in the conversations, I concluded that Ajira grew up in Hoggs but left for whatever reasons. Those reasons are either to do something with Baz or with her carrier. Maybe both.
But as others also wrote about hidden information, I guess I’m not the only one drawing (such) conclusions here. Of course, I can be wrong in both case. 🙂
I absolutely loved reading this.
I really, *really*, want to comment, but I can’t.
Thank you, though – a lot.
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A bed sheet would be faster and easier, so there should be something more
Though ten years have gone by, I imagine when magic was still stronger mirrors were used for travel as well. If that were the case, then a mere sheet would stop peeping toms, but not someone coming through, all horror-movie-wise.
Antimagic bubble, remember
Ah, so an armoire is just a wardrobe. So she (Taurenil) moved a, presumably, heavy wardrobe in front of a mirror. The Abbey’s a magic free zone, and magic in this world is fading anyway; so, presumably, no one’s using the mirror as some kind of eldritch spying system and I assume technology isn’t so advanced in this era that its indistinguishable from magic. So…
The mirror actually does have some kind of malignant entity in it, or…
Taurenil’s some species of sunlight loving vampire!
It’s going to be neither of those, isn’t it.
Who puts a trapdoor in a ceiling unless it’s to access an attic space? Who puts a trapdoor in the floor unless it’s too access a cellar/basement? Who puts a trapdoor in either location if the room is neither on the level directly below the roof space or directly above the ground? Has anyone ever come across such a thing in real life where a middle storey room has a trapdoor in either location?
Stage traps!
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The ceiling of an elevator can have such a hatch. Also, if you are trying to be secretive, you try to do what people would not suspect.
I meant ‘expect’, but that sort of works as well…
The mirror is free standing (albeit bolted to the floor), so it’s not a two way used by the Monks to keep an eye on guests they suspect of bending or breaking the rules of the tournament. It’d make no sense to bolt a wall mounted mirror to the floor when it could just as easily be secured to the wall.
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Yeah that’s what I came here to say