OOPs #182
Apr29
Sneaky boy hears things from time to time. It’s what those big ears do.
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How nice of them to visit. I do wonder how many people would protect a yinglet who they didn’t know as a former human with their life though… maybe more than you’d think. They can be pretty endearing, and they do give off a helpless, needs protecting vibe.
More than there were in previous years, at the very least!
Well, THIS should be interesting….
Beizel loves interesting things.
They are interesting!
I imagine Beizel only had to deliver a package to the former Drinnish surgeon turned biteleaf addict Galen to hear all about Kassen Akoll, the man who is no longer one.
I mean, even without bribery, Beizel is still in a relatively unique position to be able to deduce what must have happened and actually justify the reasoning. A female yinglet showing up out of nowhere and claiming to have lived amongst humans all their life? That’s incredibly unlikely, but if at some point a yinglet egg from some other enclave DID manage to end up in human possession (whether through incompetency or theft), then Kass’s story could still be true.
A female yinglet showing up being escorted by Ivenmoth personnel from a Dinnish bunkhouse, however, makes even less sense. There is clearly a connection between Kass and the others, none of whom are new to the area. So if they’re not new, why no prior sightings? Why the association with Dinnlan, which is in the exact opposite direction that a yinglet newcomer might reasonably have come from?
Add to that the fact that Kass is somehow tied in with whatever stuff is going on with Narklet, Brakka, and the yinglet Elders… oh, and of course there’s other clues he could have picked up on through his network of scouts that us readers can’t prove he knows from what’s been shown so far.
Regardless of how he came to suspect Kass’s transformation (or if he even did before this meeting), the fact that Elim naturally started to refer to Kass as a “he” and then corrected himself to try and keep it a secret would certainly seem to confirm that hypothesis.
It is my opinion that Vizlet is an open book for one such as Beizel. The Patriarch’s gift is taking clues and filling in the blanks, and Vizlet’s attempts at deceiving her closest friend, and lover were not even worzh trying IMHO. That Beizel not only sniffed out the truzh, but now likely knows more about Kass than Vizlet does showcases the rare person he truly is.
I am not afraid of dis for Kass’s sake, as long as Beizel remains devoted to Vizlet. It is zhrough Beizel that Vizlet has power to oppose Patriarch Narklet within ValSalia’s yinglet enclave. I am glad that Beizel and Elim in this comic meet. Elim is to Kass, as Beizel is to Vizlet after all. Elim and Beizel really do need to have more time to communicate, and indeed dis should be Elim’s ticket to becoming a officer equal to Kass with Elim being a needed link between Ran’s efforts to document everything dat Kass’s experience (3 species worzh) has brought to ValSalia, and actually taking the step forward towards integration, making a stronger whole from the parts and knowledge they have. Elim and Beizel are so, so important for this.
I just gotta say, I absolutely love these big thoughtful speculation posts : D
It’s why you keep me arooound~
But I zhought it was for za clams… ;p
*quicklies hides behind box in za alley*
I am a Plains Yinglet, and clams are so,so far away. But slugs are quite yummy. De Yinglet Council controls de Clam trade I think, and for Yinglets, dat is true power.
*Clams miner brain ponders his life before clammies… Zhen ze waters an fishies (Big fishies?!?) in za Plains and if is waters enough and healzhies enough ta grows za fresh-waters clammies… But movings za young clammies ta makes new clam-beds an clam-stalks is sooo very hard (So so very)… And takes really long times ta gets new clam-beds an clam-stalks going wells enough ta starts harvestings (If cans keep ozher Ying-folk from eatings all za clammies in ze meantimes). Oohhh lookie a tasty bug…*
*munch munch munch* Mmmm. So so tasty. Uhh… What was I zhinkings bouts again? O_o
And this is why I love Beizel xD
He a pointy boi
Also, anyone wanna bet the red guard boy’s gonna volunteer to give Kass a neckscratch if he ever gets an opportunity?
Kass must eventually learn THE WAY OF YING
Personally I cannot wait until Kass is made aware of de true enemy of all Yinglets. An enemy so dreaded we volunteer to be given a bazh using soaps humans say smell good (I have my doubts about humani tastes). Dis horror to be avoided at any cost is shag carpeting. It is rare in ValSalia (thankfully) as we might be forced to burn down the city ozherwise. The buildup of static electricity causing our fur to poof out is humiliating, and zusly to be avoided at any cost, including arson.
Ying neck-scratchies??? Has I been doings it wrongs all zhis time? Mister Ran-man really should looks intos zhis!
And OH NOOOS! Nots za shaggies… foots-eatings… poof-FLOOFY… snaps-pop-ZAPPIES carpetz! *HISSSSSes loudly and jumps onto nearest chair* O_O
I Knows!! De shaggies be pure evil for a poor ying who cannot even reach parts of zheir bodies with pawhands! Hisss!! And for my own grooming, I have a board which I found humani nails attached and added more. Due to its heaviness (why we don’t use a brush easily) I have the board tied to a wall, and groom myself by rubbing against it and letting the nails brush my fur.
Well zhank goodness (an Ze Matriarch) fors za pawfeets an trees and bushes and reedies and rocks and hooman tent-flaps and doors-posts an… alls za ozher zhingies zhat an itchy Ying can use ta scritch or rubs up against or rolls on… excepts for zhose stabby green plant-zhingies out in za sands (Owie owies!).
And why ze cwazy hoomans even makes za shaggies carpetz anywhos? Are zhey nots afraids of gettings zheir foots-toes caughts an eaten? Or gettings za fur-floofs? Or catchings za lightning-zappies? What abouts when zhey drops a shiny and za shaggie pulls it in an eats it? I’ve even seens a hooman takes a smaller shaggy… zhrows it onto a fence… and zhen beats it wizh a stick. Zhat proves zhat even some hoomans don’t trust za shaggies… O_O
I remembers once seeing a Shaggie, and not going in (having encountered it before) and a Humani child walked on it like dey were trying to show me it was safe, and just when I was thinking I might try it, dey walked over and zapped me! Was SO very much embarrassing! Not only did my fur go Floof all over de place, but I jumped in the air like I had been bit! The humani just laughed at me, and walked onto the carpet daring me to go in. Which I did. And there was some smekking involved, though in the end they sat on me and pulled my tail until a Humani rescued me. De Shaggy was gone soon afterwards, as apparently this youth had targeted other Yings similarly. And as fun as fighting one of us seems to a humani, few zhink it zo funny when several of us take exception to someding. De Humani even gifted us the shaggy to dispose of as a peace offering which was cut up and made into useful tiplod harnesses padding and resold to the Humani, who never asked where we had gotten de materials, zhough dey had to know.
Wow it’s rare he’s a very smart Yinglet.
I wonder how rare is it to have a Yinglet who’s on par with a human in terms of Maturity and sharpness like that guy.
*ahem* De Ying mind is an interesting place. We are not dumb in general, as one would measure a creature’s trouble solving ability, and ability to learn. However, being brought up in the Traditional Yinglet Public Education system, we tend to be both easily distracted, and lose focus when not motivated. And We above all else are Hedonists. If feeling pleasure was only possible on the moon, Yinglets would already have built a rocket and landed there. Dis is not solely genetic, but a result of being brought up without a culture that treasures creativity and learning and de Yinglet’s biology where we are easily addicted to pleasure.
How does dis specifically relate to our fine Patriarch Beizel? Remember what I said about building a moon rocket? Beizel is in love with Vislet, and they are addicted to each other, giving Beizel a reason to focus, and be the Yinglet version of John Wick as long as he and Vislet are in control of their Enclave. Give a Yinglet a reason to be smart, and it’s surprising what even de average Yinglet is capable of, at least until dey find an easier way to indulge their hedonistic side. This willingness to take shortcuts to get a fix of pleasure faster is why things like Yinglet Architecture is the embarrassment dat it is.
Did anyone else see Matriarch Vizlet’s face in pannel six before reading the dialog and think “Oh~ somebody is jealous of the Diplomat’s handsome human friend”?
Fairly sure all the yinglets are and a few might think since he’s always calling Kass Family they probably think they have a shot at him. Especially the females.
Oh I knows zhat glare in panel *counts 1-2-3-4-5-6-7*… panels 7… all too very wells. *shiverz*
But is sooo nice to see Mister Elim lookings much betters. Yesyes!
I wonders if he ever gots zhat ‘gets betters’ clam I tried to zhrow zhrough za window? *blink blinks*
Panel 6, Matriarch Vizlet looks pretty moved by Elim’s words.