Man you can't hit us with the feels wave like this!

I wasn't ready.

That's what Varakses hit Kalgkur with, a Feels Wave

I'd say it was fairly effective, some might call it very effective... surely not super effective though. That'd be silly talk.

Pffffff

Is it possible to learn this power?

Not from a yinglet.

You could learn it from a yinglet. It just wouldn't do the same thing at all.

You missed the joke/reference. lol

A yinglet would be happy to teach you though.

*sighs*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKF0julgLJ4

Not until someone invents either the sound recorder or the Baxxid-whistle.

Wow

A test?

A tets!

Tets! Tets! Tets!

The spicy kind!

holy shit, this would give me such trust issues though

It's a double bluff

Oh no turns out it's actually a triple bluff!

Nothing says "You've passed the test" like threatening to murderize the folks testing you.

I wish this worked for the SATs

What do you mean, you WISH?

That's weird. It certainly worked for me.

i mean if youre intimidating enough it works temporarily

I am so happy this was a test!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Also they have a sonic blast? Damn

Well that guy does at least!

Sometimes you gotta just scream at em with (that) and then just hug em like (that)

I didn't think I wanted to see Baxxids hug until now, and now I am happy

The scream is "stop" flavored

I am having a hunch of this "stop" flavored scream doing one and a good half to more squishy targets like humans.

That's a Combat Bear Hug. It was developed in the 80s during the Care Bear Skirmish of '86.

Don't even mention that. You'll trigger my PTSD.

I has emotional confoozjun!!! WHA HAPAN?!?!

There we go, that's some good resolution.

Buggos pass the vibe check, 10/10

It's okay resolution, just 1024x768

1024x768 resolution vibe check, dayum das some good stuff.

Unless I'm mistaken, this means that whole thing with the baxxid eventually betraying the humans was a falsehood, and that Kal wanting to tear the elders apart (and admittedly looking like quite a badass while doing so) instead of turning on humanity for even suggesting it was all part of his test...if that's so, it seems like he has indeed passed. Noble child indeed. <3

Exactly. The whole thing was a setup to see how he'd react to the Elders themselves offering to betray humanity. It was patently ridiculous on its face; if they were interested in betraying humanity He Who Knows What He Did would be in their ranks, not chained up in a cave. But Kalghur took them at face value and was ready to fight to the death to protect his human friends.

It tells them that yeah, he's a hot-blooded kid that has a lot yet to learn, but he's totally committed to the Baxxid vision. That was the Judgement - and he passed with flying headscarves.

I’m not sure that’s the case. I think they might have been testing to make sure that deep down, he simply had uncontrollable bloodlust. No way to be sure yet, but this just smalls bad to me.

He's passed the practice test! Good warmup for the real test

(The real test is a test to test if they can advance to the ultimate test)

And if they can pass the ultimate test then they will move onto the deluxe test to prepare them for the ultra test and mega test.

Whoof, that front-on shot on Kalgkur in panel 1? Very intimidating. Well done!

So glad this seemed to just be a test to callenge his convictions.

He's an RPG boss!

And now take that RPG Boss energy and multiply it with the Count of the entire Baxxid Race.

Yeah, that is some nightmare fuel scenario material.

Good thing they are -that- stern on keeping things in line.

Let's see... Appropriate music would be "Vs. Susie" from Deltarune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF8Y4FVptN0

No, for such terror as that you have to go big. You have to go /classical./
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6cogix3cwQ

He faced the No Win Scenario.

Very astute. This was their version of the Kobyashi Maru, and it appears he passed.

Oooh.. Words I have not heard in along long time, but what a great way to put it.

I can still see him joining Kass's group. A test like that leaves a sour taste in one's mouth. He wasn't about to betray his human friend.

Eventually they'll get an enterprising young spitfire who wind the scenario by hacking the program

The Federation isn't ready for yinglets.

I wonder how klingons would deal with yinglets seeing they can't even handle tribbles hahaha.

they would eat them all.

Or the other way around haha.

Klingons would probably enslave the yinglets, seek to fight the baxxid, and hunt eelocks.

i doubt they'd be able to enslave the madness, reproduction and chaos that are yinglets, though i fully agree on the other two points :D

There is no honor in genocide. If the klingons wouldn't enslave yinglets then they might guide them to becoming better warriors. If the elders had a problem with Vizlet embracing human knowledge and culture, imagine the fit they would have becoming part of a warrior culture where females are on an equal footing with the males.

i'm more concerned that yinglets are simply too much to handle for klingons ... or the federation at large for that matter haha
once they spread by the ships vents... they're like tribbles. you never get rid of em.

and now... i'm imagining yinglets doing the aliens thing inside space ships or stations like DS9. crawling through the vents and tubes stealing everything not bolted down, scaring the crap out of unaware folks.
meanwhile living in the most weird and dangerous places inbetween decks like smart pests, that will figure out how hand held phasers and electricity work as well.

Imagine Chief O'Brien having to fix whatever they break or Odo trying to infiltrate the enclave in the ore processing area. However they become adept at evading the jem'hadar when the Dominion take the station. Where before they were unintentionally breaking things now they're intentionally sabotaging the station. Oh some of them will have gotten down to Bajor and several will have beamed themselves into space.

Oh for sure, they'll be a nuisance, but once established they'll equally protect and fight for the place tooth and nail all the same. long term residents likely love & hate them as well.

As for beamed into space... all over the place with and without "space suits" i imagine.


"There's Yinglets on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow;
There's Yinglets on the starboard bow, starboard bow, Jim!

Analysis, Mr. Spock:
It's life, Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, not as we know it;
It's life, Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, Captain"

Damnnit they got into the teleporters again didn't they...

:D
i'm never going to get that earworm out of my head again, am i...

O'Brien would definitely both love and hate them. The intelligent ones would already be either trying to fix whatever broke or letting him know. He may even train some of them. The others are flooding the Promenade with replicated clams. They aren't even on the Promenade.

yup, can totally see this happen xD

I can hear Annoyed O'Brien now.

They should try it with the Pakleds. Both species are "looking for things"

Pakleds look for things to make them go. Yinglets just look for things...and sex.

There was a Star Trek comic with yinglets, but it went nowhere it seems. New Ties it was called.

I think in this case just running down the hall screaming "they're going to start to coalesce HELLLLLLLLLPPPPP" would be the third option.

That was some crazy test.

That's what I thought. The key wasn't that he was ready to kill the Elders. The key was that he would fight to the death for their vision of harmony with humanity. You couldn't get any stronger an indication than that that he wasn't interested in killing humans, and that the incident in the market was a blind accident. The kid's hot-blooded and needs a lot of seasoning, but he's on the side of the Baxxid version of the angels. So he's salvageable, and that was the whole point of the exercise.

And I have to say, the Baxxid have one hell of a Cooldown Hug.

They gotta be reeeeal sure

did he succeed? or fail... polititians can never be trusted

Succeeded beyond all expectations.

The way you visualized that "Word of Power" effect is awesome!

It took some experimentation!

Kalgkur is a good boy indeed, proving he would fight and/or die to allow Baxxids to continue living with other races. What a cruel, but important, test to see if he could reject violence when it wasn't required, but be willing to resort to it if the hive was threatened

Did....did that Baxxid just use a word of power??

Did that blade worm just FUS?!?

They do seem to have a pretty good approximation of the Bene Gesserit Voice. It's one of the BG's greatest powers, and it appears the Baxxid version works on angry young Baxxid quite effectively.

I haven't seen reference to the Voice in a long time. A long, long time.

It actually appeared multiple times in the recent Dune movies, though I've also read the series. At least these critters aren't Honored Matres.

seemed more like Power Word: Stun or PW: Hold Person in the form of a thunderwave (godamn that'll be terrifying for the surface. and I hope the human guards are well out of the AOE, even if it was highly directional

Some have speculated that the Baxxid may be an engineered species. Perhaps they do come with a biologically-coded shutdown code, knowledge of which is confined to the elders.

Holy shit Baxxids are terrifying from dead on. I just keep staring back at that first panel like "where did my silly scythe boi go? Where did this horrific murder machine come from?"

There's a reason they take great effort to not look at softfolk straight on.

He will diminish and go into the West and remain...wait, wrong fantasy.

grins so very big

I am happy this went this way.. It seemed a test..
If you have them 180 when he leave the room I'll scream though >:)

so was that a sonic attack that their species can do or was that magic?

I honestly thought it was magic at first but the soundwaves imply that it was a sonic attack

Val said a long time ago that magic isn't a thing in this world.

really? I always just took this setting as low fantasy, as in while magic and stuff does exist it's just very very rare. Like the magic crystal that can turn you into an entire different species and gender that kicked this whole story off.

Apparently that wasn't magic. IIRC, that's how the subject came up.

There are hints that, some time long in the past, there was a far more technologically advanced civilisation. So some of their artefacts might be so inexplicable as to be regarded as magic, though really it is just technology of the 'sufficiently advanced' variety. Although it is hard to imagine what purpose was served in engineering That Thing... perhaps yingletification was not its original purpose.

Is there a Tolkein's third law about how any sufficiently simplified magic is indistinguishable from science?

I thought that quote belonged to Arthur C. Clarke.

No, Clarke's third law is that any sufficiently complex science is indistinguishable from magic. This is the inverse =3

Absolutely beautiful. I love it. I can not wait to see more! <3

O_O

People are saying that was a test but... to see if he was against violence or that he was capable of it?

I think it was a test to see if he was willing to commit violence against humans. Basically, if he was a Baxxid Supremacist or not. He's hot-blooded and that's an issue, but he's also a kid and they probably were expecting a lot of passion. But the passion was ALL on the side of his human friends, and he was willing to engage his own Elders in combat to defend them. That, I think, was the real test, and he passed. He needs a lot of seasoning, but he's firmly on their side, and that's what counts.

Hmm o.o

Yeah. The Baxxid might be able to forgive violence, I think, but NOT violence that threatens their relationship with humans. The last thing the Elders seem to want is another war. They want to exist as symbiotes and partners. And they got a helluva advocate in Kalghur for that. Firey passion can be very useful politically... if directed correctly.

Ahh yes makes sense! That’s why he-who-knows-what-he-did is locked up (thinking about it it wouldn’t make sense for them to do that if they agreed with him, other than to keep up with appearances).

Kalghur committed an act of violence among humans, but by accident and in defense of another, and here he just proved that if pushed to it he’s capable of going all out against even his elders in defense of humans, proving his true feelings towards humans.

Yep, and as I had mentioned elsewhere, this might actually improve the Baxxid relationship with humans - I'd wager that the merchants of the square want to throw Kalghur a parade for finally making to clear to the thieves there is a price to pay for open criming - without any more violence being necessary. That's probably gonna make a lot of the Powers That Be, including Trademaster Viracroix, happy. Less crime = more profit = more taxes.

Dang, and interesting. Yeah it's mentioned before that the mere presence of a Baxxid is enough to intimidate people into not causing trouble, but those who know how bashful and pacifistic they are probably won't be as scared of them. After that tho, it's clear they mean business! Though this does mean more people will be afraid of them, which is something they tried to avoid

He is not harmless but he is peaceful.

Breathed a sigh of relief seeing this page. Well done!

I like to think Baxxid didn't hug before meeting humans, and that they do so now after realising how amazing hugs actually are.

I wonder if that sonic attack would work on humans or if it's a thing specifically against baxxid hearing, which is...infrasonic, IIRC?

Meaning that a human might not even notice it, except for some bowel discomfort...:P

(two random guards, several floors above):

"...You feel something just now?"
"I dunno, but that stew is not agreeing with me."

Holy shit, it really was a test? I didnt think it was possible but if they basically had a shutdown command for him the entire time, it was doable. God damn, what an insane ride

Breath so bad it stunned the homicidal rage right out of him

Test passed! Mild trauma achieved.... but test passed.

Hugs make everything better. :3

put your worm bits back in, no one's dying today...
except that thief but whatever

power word stun

Damn he hit Kal with that smoke detector beep.

My guess is that he's not dead but he's going to be turned into a black cloth baxxid

If we did all this setup with kalgkur just to kill him off then I'd say val is taking too many cues from George rr Martin.

That might be a fate far worse than death, the black veil Baxxids seem to be pariahs in their culture.

I assume the story will elucidate on them at some point, but it would be amusing if it never did and they just remained dark and mysterious.

Gotta say.... Kalgkur looks bad ass in that first frame

No anger a good hug, (and sonic scream I guess) can't fix.

attack hug deployed

I wonder if Klagkur is as confused as I am.

I am not sure if they're happy that Klagkur would "murder them like dogs" because it signifies that he'd be willing to kill to protect their way of life.

Or if it is because his willingness to kill proves their point regarding that violence is their purpose.

If only because... being willing to murder them like dogs kind of goes against the idea that they've moved on from being violent.

But the hug implies that it is likely the former.

it's all about /why/ he was so ready to kill them.

they gave him an easy option - pretend everything is fine but accept that baxxid and humans are fundamentally incompatible, and that some day the baxxid will murder all the humans. that a blood feud is righteous.

and he categorically rejected that option, and would rather /kill his own kind/ than allow them to betray the humans that way.

so... he passed the test. it's not that he has the capacity for violence, it's that he has firmly aligned it with a moral compass beyond their basic, instinctive roots. he values civilization and interspecies cooperation.

it's not like the baxxid have categorically sworn off violence - we saw the caravan guard who happily admits to enjoying getting to use violence in a sanctioned manner (with the caveat that everyone else should please treat him as a freak for that). it's that the baxxid are, quite genuinely, trying to escape their primitive roots and part of that is shackling their capacity for violence to a coherent system of morality compatible with human morality.

And besides that very good analysis, what Kalghur did is actually going to improve Baxxid relationships with humans. I guarantee that every merchant in that market is gonna want to throw him a parade. All the Baxxid have to do is post a guard or two in the market, and no sane thief is going to try that sort of brazen criming again - without any more violence being necessary. The merchants will WELCOME the Baxxid. That will make Trademaster Viracroix happy, and human-Baxxid relationships improve.

That depends how well the PR side is managed. It could be seen as "Baxxid brutally murders fleeing petty thief." We don't usually hail police as heroes when they shoot a shoplifter in the back. I expect that why this is going on, Viracroix is busy deploying his best spindoctors to spread the right rumors around.

If thievery was very rare, yeah, there probably would be a backlash that would have to be carefully managed. But IIRC it had become such a problem that it was threatening the viability of the entire market. I don't think the merchants are going to line up to defend yet another thief that ended up getting bisected by an overeager, rookie guard. Dude wasn't stealing bread.

And the other petty thieves are going to think twice before pulling that move in front of a Baxxid again.

I had forgotten about that caravan guard. Those are all very good points. Thanks for the response!

That attack/murder form is reminding me of the original 7th saga. a snes game.

...

Oh wow. I see it too.

Haha, the whole time I was drawing that, I was indeed thinking how much it was turning out looking like a classic-era forward-facing JRPG enemy

well the 7th saga used mode 7(might've been intentional :P ) heavily. every fight would zoom you from the top down classic 16bit jrpg movement. to a psudo third person camera fight against monsters in about that perspective. Not to mention some of the insect monsters look similar.

Power Word: JUSTAPRANKBRO

To fight for a better way and die for it is better then to live a lie.

That seams to be what I'm getting here.

We met one that believe that they are weapons and killing is in their blood. I this what they are.

The elders push this belief now that it seen and is planted and now try and plant a seed of doubt. That they are just waiting to strike, pretending to be peaceful then see how he reacts. Does he believe this lie or does he fight against it?

Our boy explodes with anger for the notion, willing to kill the elders because of his belief that they should co-exist. Fully committed of the way of life he was taught even tho FULLY capable of being what that seed that was plated said. And if true, a 1v3 was a death sentence, let alone all the others in these halls that would never let him leave.

And so he passes, because the elders do believe in peace between species, or so we hope. Now the big question is what does our boy DO now that the veil has been pulled back and he's also seen his species true nature give him that anger.

Now he becomes a door-to-door salesman!

How is no one talking about how *terrifying* Kal looks in that first panel?!?! Jesus, imagine that coming down a long, dark tunnel at you.

It's even worse because it's Kal, a Baxxid we've slowly come to know and cherish as a sweet bean

Called it.

...But it was still a hell of a thing to see.


So... That's what an angry baxid looks like?

whoa can they all do sonic blasts like that or that guy special? I guess if they used to be hunters that disabling frequency would be REALLY useful, in fact maybe they should have taught him to use that on the thief instead of "just lightly tap them with your claw it'll be fine"

I suspect that's a capability they all have. The baxxids seem to communicate at least partially infrasonically, and to be able to project at very loud volumes. I suspect that their vision is within a much wider range of wavelengths than ours is as well, hence the multiple sets of eyes.

With the different sizes and their underground adaptations, I think they might be for different light levels. The front eyes are too tiny and insensitive to be any good in dim light, but provide the highest visual acuity in daylight. The rear ones are swamped with light in daylight, but sensitive enough to see - not well, but enough - even in very dim caves. Between the three sets they will be able to see potentially better than humans in daylight, and have enough sensitivity to see in the deepest cavern by the faintest of bioluminescent light sources.

Quite possible. I suspect that they might well be able to see and hear wavelengths above and below what we can.

Well at least that guy can!

Power words: FEEEEEEELS!

a test of purity AND THAT BEAUTIFUL SOUL PASSED WITH FLYING COLORS BLISSS BLISSS BLISSSS

They just hit Kalgkur with a very soft Muad'Dib.

But man they are terrifying when Pissed

Yay, he's willing to murderize people for wanting to murderize people! Let's hug!
Yes, it's hypocrisy, but in these kinds of circumstances a beautiful and just one.

Love both the resolution(?) of the test and the view of what I will now call "less friend shaped friend noodles"

And now Kalgkur is a confuse though he is suffering massive mental trauma

Man, those three pairs of eyes all lined up and staring at you head-on are REALLY intimidating, even without whatever's going on with the glow-worm tendrils.

YES! I felt this was a test last page. WOO!
Like Clarice meeting Lecter and then the home office hinting that cannibalism is kinda cool, while just behind her with a straight jacket if she starts sharing recipes.

Really though, who WOULD'NT like a bit of brains with fava beans and a nice chianti?

Get 'em!

That's some belch, man. And, that was BEFORE he had sardines on toast.
Also reminds me of the Uru Mystics doing their disarming Ooooooooooooooooooooooh.

And thusly we see how deep the calm waters run with baxxid

I kind of figured that was the test. I just didn't want to say, so I waited. I am glad this is the direction.

Man, guy really hit him the super-sonic "A" there, didn't he?

So that WAS a test.

WOAH! Kalgkur baxxid goes in full Combat Mode! How Scary!!! :O

I knew it! They were testing him to see how he's react to such "plans"

Also that first penal is the coolest and most badass I've ever seen a Baxxid look.

So they push their adolescents to the point they make an extreme choice, either to defend the future of their kind from extinction against the technologically advanced humans, or to try and usher it in?

It's a test for those who have killed. They are trying to see if Kalgkur's accidental murder really was an accident or not. And if he would resist the genetic programming his species has to remain civilized.

This boy passed with flying colors.

Willing to bet this test is reserved for those who have killed, who have taken a life. The goal, socially speaking, is that very few Baxxid ever have to take this test.

That reaction of the green baxxid is so funny
"I'm literally going to kill you"
"Oh my"

I'm guessing the black-flagged Braxxids are the ones who fail the test and get some kind of bone-worm lobotomy for their trouble.

I owe you a nickel. 'Tho thank goodness it wasn't a shiny one. :D

signed, He Who Knows What He Bet

Black hole scream won't you come? Won't you come? Won't you cooooome? Won't you come? <^\/^>

There's a callback. I heard the guitar under the lyrics.

Black hole scream won't you cream

I'm confused, are they happy that he's mad that they said they want him to be a killer, or happy he's mad enough to kill?

Same as always: Happy that he wants to kill for the right reasons.

Little guy might get a promotion now.

I knew it. It was a test! Good boy on him to pass!

Unmoving, nothing left to say.

TT vTT
The whiplash is so heckin loved but the punch hits so hard too. Kalgkur is such a blessing

Talk about a hell of a test, but DAMN! I wasn't expecting him to react like that, boy has a heart of iron, takes a hell of a lot of strength to go that far for what you believe in.

REEEEEEEE

Yeah.

Yeah, okay, they were ready for this. They were ready to knock him out once he started going Super Saiyan, get him calmed down, tell him he passed the test.

But man...

Kalgur was locked, cocked and ready to rock with a full load of FIND OUT.

And that green one has got a wet stain under their tail.

Ok, glad I was right about this test

They hit him with the power word 'Stop Tantrum'

So it was a test.

My dude really said "⚫️"

Quick boss health bar appear

Woof. That was a hell of a test.

Wow. That is all I have to say, just wow. Looking at that first panel, I can understand why they are so careful about appearances.

I love the expression of the blue elder. It's not a perfect circle, but it's overlapping to Become one.
Kalghur is becoming perfect through this answer. Sigma(Now > SOON) of Kalghur, the limit is a Perfect Cinnamon Roll.

Also Red Elder: "SONIC BOOM"

You know, I was expecting it be something like this. They where too blunt, trying to shock him into picking a side.

So yeah, definitely a test. Not so that Kalkgur could know their "true" purpose, but would be willing to fight and kill to keep the peace.

They used the muthufuggin VOICE.

>:V
Zhe fek happened??
I was hoping for a stabby boneworm fight.

The hit him with the bene gesserit voice.

....that's it. I want a Baxxid as a best friend now.

I wonder how many times this Judgement has been done, and how many times the Elders tried to goad a Judged Baxxid into the exact kind of reaction that Kalgkur had, and how many failed.

God I love the baxxid plot line. It'd be awesome if someone found an artifact that made them a baxxid, as that'd be a fascinating perspective to get. So calculating, but also ad hoc. So unknown, yet perfectly understandable.

I know. I love the Yinglets, but it's still going to be strange going from *blooded child, you must pass out test or face the destruction of your spirit* to "Matriarch, Zally is humping all ze boys and half the Enclave is on fire. Again."

GOKAKU! Omedetogozaimasu!

Hmm... on one hand, it's a good sign for his devotion to peace that he would so fervently fight those who would plot such a slaughter.
On the other hand, it's a good sign for a plotted slaughter that he would so quickly fall to a murderous rage.
A pair of signs, pointing opposite directions.

You were right. You said I'd like the baxxid story coming up and I'm not disappointed. Really happy to see your uploads

Phew

Battle form unleashed.

Hug the boy, he is a good boy, goodest of boys

Man, those eyes align into a perfect "RPG enemy" look when you view them like this.

his resolve is to protect their relationship with the humans

Man that first panel is just, chefs kiss xD

Gave him the ol Fus Ro Dah

Test passed, grade - bless you. Neat.
Btw, spooky scary Kalgur is scary, quite like how that panel came out, real nice.
PS: Interesting that high elders have "stun-gun-jutsu" on dial, convenient to have.

That's one hell of a test 0.0

... Baxxid are weird

Klagkur is best boy, council confirmed and darn right give him hugs. Poor guy's had a heckin' DAY of it.

I've never been this emotionally invested in a noodle before.

Ah, so their plan for dealing with a violent reaction was to just be more badass than the one being tested. Fair enough!

I guess that's something elders can do - they know the secret Baxxid shutdown command.

Man this is too good. Live, Kalgkur!

Ah.. I'm very glad this was the option that the story went with.

Good foreshadowing with the Elder noting Kal's timidness might be his downfall.

Our boi looking like a Hydralisk over here!

Ahh. Okay. Yeah, I was both right and wrong.

This, however, is what I hoped for.

And thats why the murder ants are afraid of the murder worms... also someone pick up that phone cause i friggin called it!

Poor baby. I don't know if Baxxid have them, but if they do, then Kalgkur is gonna need a therapist after this.

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Hey AV. How ya doin' there?

It's a lot easier and more honest to just link to the comment chain so that the whole discussion is included: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/56.....#cid:179672288

I'd be surprised if anyone but you or Flinters cares about this or agrees with you, but I'd be curious to hear.

Oh, and right now it's at 456 votes and 44th place.

I see you have already chosen to delete one of your comments. This is why we use screen captures so you can't do that. At the moment I've only decided to point people to this when you write this reminder comment. However I am seriously considering "stepping it up" and writing this comment in response to every single comment you write. I'm not sure if I want to do that yet but I might soon. I feel it is very important that people know what you did to others in the past and your chosen behavior online.

Pfft.

The only reason I deleted that comment was because I wanted to correct a small error in it beyond the five minute comment correction window. That was a long comment. It happens. It was also outside of your screencap, which didn't show the whole thread.

I'm scrupulously honest with this sort of thing. I don't ever block anyone or delete their or my comments to hide anything, If you've got information to disprove that, I welcome it. -Oh wait, you don't, because it doesn't exist and never did.

Good try, though.

Once again, you're welcome to write whatever you want. I don't care, as long as you don't straight-up harass me, in which case I'll turn it over to the admins.

And the total on that poll is now 468 votes and 45th place. In a little less than an hour the clock turns over and people will be able to make another vote.

So, he passed?

Violence solves everything!

Surprisingly, sometimes it does; not so much as a matter of force or intimidation, but as a display of conviction to one's boundaries. Respect shouldn't hinge on physical force, but not everyone comes from a place of reason.

That certainly seems to have proved out here.

I've had it happen personally. I don't really recommend or condone it, but at the same time, when faced with plain wrongdoing... Sometimes, you know? It's important to know the time. Poor Kalgkur lacks the experience to understand subtle deceit, but his, er... circulatory organ is in the right place.

Government approved murder :3

Someone just earned an "A+" on their final exam.

...Poor thing, even knowing this, we know nobody topside will look at him the same way again.

Well, the local merchants at least will probably see him as the reason why theft is about to be noticeably reduced in the area.

Sure, it was an accident, but all the local thieves are gonna remember is that, last time someone tried to steal something near a Baxxid guard, the guy got extinguished all over the place.

Wow.
Just wow.

So, the red fleshy bits aren't just joints, they're EXTENDABLE joints? Baxxid battle mod is freaky, but kinda cool Also Baxxid faces viewed from the front are intimidating as hell.

Test confirmed, positive outcome confirmed, terrifying hidden power confirmed.

Panels 2&3 reminded me of Say No! More.
Baxxids have learned to perfect office language, specifically the silent no.

Kalgur's front on view of baxxid battle rage; PERFECT!!!
Then....
Yeah... "Sonic BOOM!!!"
It was super effective.

The writing in this comic is pure poetry sometimes. I love it. <3

I am so glad he passed the test with flying colors. Now he probably should go stop his new friend from carving phallic symbols into faces of those poor guards.

I absolutely love all of the spellings people have of "Kalkgur" and Baxxid".

There's new ones every day! : D

I totally understand why though, the species name and their own names are comprised of some pretty odd/rare syllables in English, and our brains tend to "correct" things like that when we're not making a specific effort to parse and break down a word.

Yup. It's quite understandable.

I'm going to imagine the forbidden sound the elder uttered was 'Based' XD

i didn't want to but i guess i do too now
dog doggonit

WOO YEAHH

I shall now call Kalgkur my lovely little murder biscuit for no reason then I love them.

The trial by fire has concluded. Kalgur remains standing... scorched, but standing. Good work lad

The elder looks like he can move pretty quickly.

Okay that's not horrifying at all.

"ah shit they didnt take it well... Actually it was a ... test! yes a test, and you passed! wow! dont tell anyone"

imagine your entire life you've been a sleeper agent and you never knew it
poor guy

Since nobody else has pointed it out, that I've seen at least, I love the 'Read too fast and you miss it' detail that it's Nell's safety that is ultimately what made him go postal, and Nell specifically. The other humans being hurt is wrong, but Nell? Threatening her is anathematic.


I see you hanging that gun, Valsalia. I see you. Bravo.

At this point I am employing a Chekov's Artillery Line

Looking downright menacing.

Power Word: Peace

"Even the aged oak will fall to the tempest's winds. Madness, our old friend!" - The Ancestor from "Darkest Dungeon", when the hero gets affliction/psychosis from stress.
I think these 2 quotes are very appropriate here.

Those things can move with a quickness when they want to. Kind of surprising.

Power Word Stun

Kalgkur is the best boy.

Murder worm mode disabled by what is, in effect, The Clapper.

oanel one look sufficiently intimidating. i wouldnt want to be on the recieving end of that look.

Bro understood the assignment

Yaaaaay he... She.... The bug bean passed!

“Bless you beautiful child that you would murder us like dogs” is nearly equivalent to when Kassen said, “It’s hard to find a friend who’ll crush a head for ya these days.”

"I WILL MURDER WORLDS!!!"

"...Son, YOU WILL CHILL UP"

"...ok"

"Papa Varakses gon' tell you something you can't ignore"

Ah the feels TwT

Kalgur truly is a good boy, the best boy

Interesting. The question is, what side 'won' ? The 'feral' side, or the 'civilized' side? On one hand, or claw, blade-hand, whatever, Kalgkur's loss of control would seem to verify the viewpoint that the veneer of civilization is only a mere shallow fabrication, a very thin surfaced one, and the loss of control signifying that their more primal base instinct driven nature is just under the surface, which cannot be denied and is easily drawn out with the proper goading. Yet on the other more 'Civilized' side, it would show the higher brained concept that he would be willing to let that feral side out and kill to protect his beliefs and way of life that he believed wholeheartedly in with every fiber of his being. To kill because it was primal instinct urging one to do it, or on the flip side of the coin to slay the wicked heretic because you believe that they are evil and go against everything one holds dear.

And more importantly, which 'Side' these elders are on, to where do they owe their allegiances? Do they truly represent the higher ups of Baxxid authority, or are they a part of some secretive cabal, eager to use Kalgkur for their own mysterious and possibly nefarious ends?

I guess we shall see as the intrigue of the story continues to unfold in the future.

forward-facing Baxxid is an intimidating thing indeed, I get now why they'd be viewed as such, seeing it also leads more credit to how they've worked to integrate with humans. That even a child and mother can see that face, albeit softer than shown here, and think "Friend!"

Battle form is nice.

One trope I will never get sick off is the trope
"Sweet kind hearted soul who will absolutely murder anyone who threatens the ones they care for"

I am aware this is a test but still he was willing to fight, kill and possibly die to protect the peace and the people

Oh my
I just collapsed on my desk from crying so suddenly
This really just spoke to a very exhausting fear of mine
especially in this day and age
"The world actually desires peace. The ones in charge are striving for peace and coexistence.
Yes, really."
My heart. My heart overflows with relief. With gratitude. With the exhale of a breath that I've been holding for the longest time.
If only. If only. If only this translated to the real world. One step above. If I could feel so powerfully relieved-- about my current situation. If only.
However, I still feel powerfully relieved. My heart feels hopeful. I want to believe.