Haley manages to communicate Shojo's secret.
Cast
- Roy Greenhilt ◀ ▶
- Haley Starshine ◀ ▶
- Durkon Thundershield ◀ ▶
- Vaarsuvius ◀ ▶
- Celia ◀ ▶
- Lord Shojo ◀ ▶
Transcript
- Panel 1
The party begins to leave the throne room.
Lord Shojo (off-panel): Uh, Mr. Greenhilt? I'd like to—
Roy: What the—Haley, get out of my way.
Vaarsuvius: Expeditious Retreat!
- Panel 2
Roy: Haley, seriously, don't make me Bull Rush you here.
Roy: I'm not in the mood and I can't really remember the rules.
- Panel 3
Haley waves her arms.
- Panel 4
Roy: What's that, Lassie? Timmy's trapped in a well?
- Panel 5
Roy: Sigh. Ok. So, you're pointing...
Roy: At the moron with the cat.
- Panel 6
Roy: And now you're pointing at your hair. Shojo's hair? No, your head? Shojo's head? Shojo's liver spots? Shojo's brain?
- Panel 7
Roy: Brain? Shojo's brain!
- Panel 8
Roy: OK, next word is... fat? Shojo is a fathead? No. Uh... round? Big?
- Panel 9
Roy: Big, OK.
Roy: Hey, this is kinda fun.
Roy: OK, so, "Shojo brain big," what's next?
- Panel 10
Roy: Eyes? No. Two? Sight? Gaze? Gaze attack!
- Panel 11
Roy: Shojo has a gaze attack that causes encephalitis!!
- Panel 12
Haley glares at Roy.
Roy: What?
Roy: It was a reasonable guess.
- Panel 13
Roy: OK, fine, uh, eyes? Eyeballs, glance, look—
Roy: Look? That's it, "look"?
- Panel 14
Roy: "Shojo big brain look."
Roy: Hmm, Shojo big brain look, Shojo big brain look, Shojo big brain—
- Panel 15
Roy: "Shojo is smarter than he looks"?
Lord Shojo: I'm glad you figured that our before I advanced another age category, Mr. Greenhilt.
D&D Context
- Bull Rush is a combat maneuver that pushes the target physically.
- Expeditious Retreat is a 1st-level Wizard spell that increases the caster's speed by 30 ft.
- Some creatures, most famously the Medusa, have a Gaze Attack.
- Age Categories for playable races start at Adulthood and move into Middle Age, Old, and Venerable.
Trivia
- In the fourth panel Roy references the 1954 TV series Lassie in which Lassie would often communicate complex ideas to Timmy's parents through a simple bark. Yukyuk will use the same reference in #792.
- Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain. There are many causes, including viral, bacterial, fungal, or parasitic infection, as well as autoimmune disease. There are no known gaze-induced causes of encephalitis.
- The title and Haley's method of communication are techniques in the game of Charades.