Roy says goodbye to Celia and the party sets out on their next adventure.
Cast
- The Order of the Stick
- Celia ◀ ▶
- Road to Adventure Sapphire Guardswoman ▶
- Two other Adventurers
- Two Azure City Guards
Transcript
- Panel 1
Celia: ...and if you really need help, you can break it and it will summon me to you.
Roy: Oh, so it's a—
Celia: It is NOT a Booty Talisman.
- Panel 2
Celia: So barring an ACTUAL emergency, I'll see you at Winter Break.
Roy: Hey, unless I finish up with this "save the world" thing first, in which case I just might surprise you.
- Panel 3
Celia: You know, tradition dictates that the guy who saves the world gets the girl.
Roy: Well, I am Lawful, I guess I will have to abide by that tradition.
- Panel 4
Celia and Roy kiss.
- Panel 5
Roy: What the hell is wrong with you??
Belkar: Me? Nothing.
Belkar: I'm just seething with a barely-restrained fury, that's all.
- Panel 6
Roy: Ooookay. I'm sure there's a really funny story there, but I'm going to consciously choose not to worry about it right now.
Durkon: Prob'bly wise.
- Panel 7
Roy: OK, gang, gather around. Did everyone remember to stock up on supplies?
Elan (off-panel): Yes.
Haley (off-panel): Xqp.
Belkar (off-panel): Yes.
Durkon (off-panel): Aye.
Vaarsuvius (off-panel): Yes.
- Panel 8
Roy: Did everyone remember to use the bathroom?
Elan (off-panel): Yes.
Haley (off-panel): Xqp.
Belkar (off-panel): Yes.
Durkon (off-panel): Aye.
Vaarsuvius (off-panel): Yes.
- Panel 9
Roy: Elan? Because I don't want to have to stop until—
Elan (off-panel): I said "yes"!
- Panel 10
Roy: Then I think we're ready to leave. Goodbye, Azure City.
Roy: No more waiting! Next stop: the road to Adventure!
- Panel 11
The party stands in a roped-off queue behind another adventuring party who are being interrogated by two guards. Beyond them is a gate with three turnstiles. Above the gate reads a sign, "Gate 6 ROAD TO ADVENTURE". Beyond the gate are three more signs, the first reads "Gate 5 ROAD TO MOROCCO", the second "GATE 7 ROAD TO PERDITION" and the final sign on a post reads "PLEASE GET HAND STAMPED FOR RE-ENTRY".
Roy: *sigh*
Guard: Did anyone other than you pack your Handy Haversack?
D&D Context
- A Handy Haversack is a backpack item that is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside.
- Roy has a Lawful Good Alignment.
Trivia
- The translation of Haley's line are:
- Panel 7: Yes.
- Panel 8: Yes.
- Next to the "ROAD TO ADVENTURE" sign are two signs pointing toward the "ROAD TO MOROCCO" and the "ROAD TO PERDITION".
- Road to Morocco is a 1942 film. Famous actor and singer Bing Crosby stars. The title of the strip also mentions Crosby.
- Road to Perdition is a 1998 graphic novel by Max Allan Collins that was adapted into a film in 2002.
- The amulet that Celia gives to Roy appears again in #443 but not used until #529.
- This is the first appearance of the Road to Adventure Sapphire Guardswoman, and the strip from which she gets her name.