Ladies and gentlemen, we have confirmation that Ran has a shipping chart.

As if there was ever any doubt XD

I do not think this is from Head Researcher Rand. Reads like it is some other officer's observation, possibly in their version of mental health department. The title suggests that these notes are for Researcher Rand.

Maybe it's Tammisman! I mean, probably the twins instead, but Ran did directly ask her about what she thought of the members of this group.

intristing

at least Lopin has the whole "extremely cute" thing going for him

Honestly, all six of them could have that listed in their positive attributes. <3

Even the rockworm qualifies as cute, it's pretty impressive.

Ran's dedication to scientific rigor and professional detachment is impressive. Hopefully he can find a group of like-minded researchers to share these insights with.

If Kassen is anything to go by, the enclave yinglets will think "OH GOD RUN AWAY BIG SCARY MURDER BEAST" when they see Kalgkur.

True. But on the flip side, we have seen yinglets and baxxid interact before, like those two goobers that offered to be Kalgkur’s “hands”. They seemed to think he was pretty chill.

Yeah, but those were city dwellers so they most likely see Baxxids on a regular basis. Most enclave Yinglets have probably never encountered one of those before.

Toooo be fair he did jam his big built-in swords each of which is the size of Kass's whole body into the floor right in front of him to trigger that response

So if he avoids doing that he might be fine

Though he will probably get a "YEEEEK" out of Lippie if he meets za girls

Going off of Page 246 and Page 293, Lippie might actually enjoy the stoic rockworm's size. A big, mellow body she can climb atop and curl up on.
In fact, the one who seems most likely to panic worst is Zally, based on her response to Elim in Page 19.

Ran pretty much spot-on with his summary of their relationships.

...Of course, this also implies that he was around the corner listening in on Kass and Kalgkur's initial conversation. Sneaky little weirdo doing even more research, it seems. XD

Oh wow, a relationship chart. I didn't know I actually wanted this.

Kalgkur looks like he's smiling, there. I cannot unsee the happy boneworm.

I bet this helps with writing the comic as well

Kassen and Elim getting assigned 'bonded pair' like they're cats in a shelter

Well from what we have seen from the pair, it about fits, and Elm has indeed been vital in helping Kas keep it together as much as he has been. Love that there is now a note to issue him some armor to reduce the chance of further stabbings being successful.

Can't believe it
The story can finally begin
We finally have the out of placers

Lovely lore dump. Great material therein.

Sometimes you gotta keep notes

Interesting, I cannot way to see on Kalgkur will be linked to the other. I feel that Isher and him could be great friends as they both dislike to be violent and scary while having a body perfect for that.

Meanwhile Lopin's gonna have to deal with another big, scary predator in his little "enclave".

He will probably seek protection into the person of Elim.

What is this, some sort of Out of Placer squad?

So basically... Ran Ships It?... I'll roll with that. xD

As for Kal and the yings? I hope they will get along... eventually... At first sight however... Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa BIG SCARY BUG WURM IS JUST OUTSIDE ZEE ENCLAVE HUT.... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !!!

"And then they kissed."

How does one properly pronounce Kalgkur's name? Is it like Kalg-kur, Kal-G-kur or some other variation?

I would also like to know.

Any suggestions?

It's explained in a previous page : https://www.furaffinity.net/view/60288450

It's pronounced "Kalgkur".

I always thought it to be kall-gurr because I never properly noticed the second k.

A lot of folks seem to do that.

I imagine the baxxid have some sort of transliteration system for turning their own names into an approximation non-baxxid can pronounce.

Ran is utterly obsessed.

I do not think these are Rand's notes this time. The title suggests it is a note written for Rand, not by Rand. Likely some other Officer's notes (possibly from the medical department, or mental health) who has observed the group and also been working with the group off screen. Rand is likely not the only researcher or scientist like individual around. Just the head researcher. Could be someone from their version of HR, maybe? I would imagine there is plenty of paperwork going on in house Ivenmoth, including paperwork on this experimental squad.

"Part of the guard force but combat abilities untested"

FORESHADOWING!

And I hope it's not horrible for her.

She's like one of the first we met in depth, and one of the least we know about.

I wonder who ultimately got blamed for elim not already having chainmail and how long they have left in this world

This is awesome, I can't fathom how to be this good at writing. Wonderfully done as always

Much close studying, but to what end...

Who's that one on the top right? Pretty sure I would remember a character like that being in this comic...

Isher, big scaly half-human half-[REDACTED] lady, it's been a while since we've seen her

I think page 160 might have actually been the last one she showed up on?

I know, that was just a little joke about how the last time that character appeared in the comic was 4 years ago.

Holy shit you're right

Any thought on a new baxxid given access to the enclave will probably begin and end with "YEEK!"

Well, Lopin didn't seem to have any fear of Kalgkur, even initially. I'd venture to guess that many yinglets have had enough exposure to baxxids that they have learned not to fear them.

I suppose the yinglets that don't leave the enclave as much might have to adjust a bit, though.

An other difference is than Lopin is a dude.
Given how purely instinct driven was Kass's fear of a baxxid, it's possible it's mostly a female thing, as it was shown his/her brain went full "you're a weakass female, find males protection !!!" mode.

Mining fan response for ideas going forward? Find out what people are paying attention to and what's getting by them.

Friendship chart! :D

(English is not my native language)
Perhaps this is an attempt by the author to make a summary of the characters so that it would be easier for him to write. Or maybe he already has a detailed resume and decided to show us part of it. Perhaps for new readers who might accidentally stumble upon the comic.

There is also a possibility that this is an attempt to show the possible attitude and knowledge of other Ivenmoth employees towards this group, but this is not certain.

In the comments on another site, some tried to figure out the meaning of the colors of the lines on this "relationship map".

I think the red ones represent the official employees of Hours Ivenmoth, the blue ones represent the unofficial employees of Hours Ivenmoth, and the green ones represent direct connections with the main research object, or simply connections with Kassen.

On another site, they also tried to find out why Lopin's eye light was marked as a separate item. If you look through the old pages, it was noted that yinglets have different colors of the iris and proteins. Lopin's eye color is seen only occasionally.

In my head, I had the A-Team theme in my head, but played by a medieval tavern band.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LBNU2jMrTA

BRILLIANT!!

Exactly, thank you.

I love how the link, near the end, even has MrT in it. XD

Wonderful to see Lopin with his shelltooth, even if it is only a generic faceshot.

Ran's actually pretty good at the observation part of science, it turns out.

Fascinating!^^

Yey these faces would make good ice creams >u>

And thus it's confirmed Kalgkur will join Kassen on the next Enclave trip.... OH BOY

It has been a hot fucking minute since Yannit and isher have been seen!

.......God, I didn't even remember Yannit existed ^^;

Ran's concern about Yannit is entirely valid, especially seeing as it's based on past experiences, both personal and anecdotal? But he absolutely needs to treat Yannit more as a person, as opposed to a hive member, and talk to them. Some of his concerns may well be addressed, and a plan of action revealed, if he were to ask Yannit how they feel about Kass and the others.

It may be possible that the increase in cogitation, an event that does NOT normally happen in an Indrel hive, can ease, or possibly even supplant pheromone input.

"personal and(/or) anecdotal"
I do remember the Seamstresses being a little worried, citing "like the [indrel] who..." in Page 201, so I imagine that one ended up in The Teeth before.

more Isher <3 best gal~

love it

Very very important information there. "Pink eyes!" <^\/^>

This was a fun read.

Is nobody going to question the “may be running out of time” thing on yannit?

The funniest thing about this chart is that it feels like its implying Ran thinks that Elim is going to extremely likely get stabbed through the stomach again seeing as he made a urgent note about immediately giving him armor. Which actually makes it even funnier to me cause that feels like this shows us the bizarre reality that Elim exists in where he is just going to keep getting stabbed over and over again in the stomach like clockwork for the rest of his life. Like Elim and Elim alone exists in some hilarious dark comedy cartoon that he occupies to be endlessly tortured.

This wasn't made by Ran.

It might have been, and he simply wrote "For Ran's eyes only" in the vein of "This is my diary, nobody else is allowed to read this"

I suppose that that's possible.

It's made by Ran.

Remember, Kass's condition is a secret.

And there we have it. It's officially Ran's shipping chart.

Elim has that condition called "Stabitis". Chronic.

Fantastic, I love it, great idea, especially the way it's an in-universe document.

lol 'armor him up asap'. :P

Hi there, OOPsaloids! I'm here to remind you once again that there's a place called "Top Web Comics" https://www.topwebcomics.com/?home=3 that compiles comics from various places. There's a bunch of cool stuff there. They have monthly votes, so you can support OOPs there. You can vote once a day per device, so your PC, laptop, tablet, phone, etc.

I've noticed that you can sometimes even get in extra votes from different IP addresses, or if you're disconnected from your IP and open up again later.
It closed out last month at around 12996+ votes and 80th place. It's currently at 1166 votes and 28th place. The highest it's reached is 36th place, and the top vote getters seem to end up with something close to 60,000 votes, at least recently.

Vote early, vote often! Help OOPs get noticed!

I'll repeat my comment on this from last time:

"The numbers at TWC have gotten very strange recently. Hundreds of votes have been showing up suddenly every day, and the rankings throughout a day have been going radically up and down. I recently noticed that this is just confined to the comics in the top 100.

This is making the numbers and rankings pretty meaningless, and is really unfair to any comic not in the top 100. It also makes it a complete crapshoot where the comics end up at the end of the month. I haven't been able to find out what's going on with this."

At least everyone agrees that Lopin is a cutie.

yannit is good i wish i had a bug gf who liked petting me

AKA who to kiss chart

Meanwhile... :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEwm0fv7OBA

Didn't know we were on the clock with Yannit going crazy and taking her final form or something, idk. They all have adorable chibi faces, especwially Kassie's wittle scowl UwU

love how Kass and Lopin have matching ear positioning

peak.

Elims club x yinglet tongue in jar that kass spit on
Make it happen

I am literally on my knees begging Yannit not to snap, I adore the bug girl too much.

Gonna call the new club jar powercouple jarb