Grrl Power #1143 – Wing succubus
It’s usually considered a good thing to have a succubus in your friend circles. This assumes you have a high to excessive libido, and also that you want to sleep with the majority of your friends who are appropriately gendered for your preferences, and let’s be honest, having like a 10% willingness to experiment won’t hurt things either.
People with lower libidos find succubi a little exhausting. Also people, who are, for instance, the leaders of good sized groups of people with lots of rules about fraternization. The good (?) news for people with lower libidos is that hanging out with succubi does tend to ratchet you up a tier or two in that department. Not just because everyone around you is getting it and topics of conversation tend to drift in that direction, but also because long term exposure to their “ambient” pheromones can have an effect on people. By ambient I mean even if they’re trying to minimize the amount they put out, their sweat and exhaled breath does still contain some potent stuff. It’s actually easier to detect a glamored succubus by wiping specially prepared litmus tests down their sweaty cleavage than it is to pierce their glamor. Of course, worlds that rely heavily on magic tend not to have in depth expertise on chemical reactions, especially your typical Tolkienesque/Skyrimish/Gygaxian tech level worlds.
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Sydney’s latest album to Frix (with Dabbler getting a few choice photos) is going to be the April vote incentive isn’t it?
I thought April’s was Dabs giving us the golden ratio (aka the Fibbonacci spiral) sit up.
I’m hoping for May. Or to see any of the other options.
expecting inflight turbulence and someone tumbling out of the bathroom followed by another 25 minutes voicemail explaining flight delays in 3 .. 2 .. 1 ..
Huh, there goes my pet theory of “French has too many shared phonemes with English, so it didn’t pick up what those guys were saying as foreign.”
Fair point, although French is a 100% Romance language whereas English (AKA Three Languages In A Trenchcoat) is two-thirds Germanic.
Then again the third third is French itself, so yeah.
I wouldn’t call French a 100% Romance language. There’s a strong Romance substrate of course of course, but French itself sports a weird mix of oc (very Romance) and oïl (Romance with strong Celtic and Germanic interference/influence…)
Aside from that one really isolated island in the South Pacific is there any language in the modern world that hasn’t borrowed words from other languages/cultures?
English is actually 60% Latin based words at this point
the grammar and sentence structure is still Germanic
then add in some Celtic, Scandinavian and Greek and you pretty close to Modern English
The total count of words isn’t very important, as most people don’t use most of them (this is true in most other languages as well). Much more important is that basic words and structure are Germanic.
“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.”
–James D. Nicoll
“3 languages in a trenchcoat wanted in connection to violent mugging of a dozen others. suspected to be known by the name ‘English'”.
As far as classifying French as a Romance language.. Lets equate Original Latin ™ to Oxford English; Modern Italian can play the part of “American English” (average) Spanish might be played by “Brooklynese” as with a little fudging, they are mutually comprehensible to each other.
French…? I cant decide if it should be played by “Redneck” or “Ebonics” in how far off the original language it’s gotten.
My pet theory is “French” wasn’t included in the translation service because most people would consider it a service to NOT include it.
Nobody likes the French, not even the French.
Knowing how the French and French Canadians treat each other, I would have to agree.
Knowing how Parisians and Normans treat eachother, i would have to agree (lived with parisians and normans when i was working for disney. They hated eachother)
I find panel 5 implausible: Would Dabbler really show that kind of expression upon seeing a boner?
Maybe even she can occasionally be surprised by a big enough boner?
Or perhaps it’s something in the line of “okay, THAT isn’t going to fit even with potions”.
It might fit if she get’s some growth potions for herself.
Tom isn’t the only one that can change size, you know?
It wouldn’t surprise me if Dabbler have more experience in dragon laying than dragon slaying.
Dabbler most likely is a consultant/product tester for those wacky gnomes…
https://www.oglaf.com/lonelymountain/ (NSFW warning, even though this is one of the tamer Oglaf comics)
Please tell me I’m not the only one who couldn’t resist clicking that link.
You weren’t.
My brain hurts after clicking on that link.
I knew what kind of thing it would be but I clicked anyway.
When yuffiek says it’s one of the tamer comics, they mean it ;)
‘Spicy’ to be sure lol.
Lube and a fireman’s hat.
*waggles eyebrows* better than lube and a fireman’s pole, I suppose
Two things make it plausible.
That look is like 50/50 fear and desire.
Scaroused.
And it’s possible that thing is literally as big as she is.
Even succubi have limits. They just like to expand them. Aggressively.
I agree with you
I think, the face is mnore her being startled by the sudfden, and very loud, outburst of pain by the dragon.
You’re talking life-threatening instant boners here.. On a Dragon…
With what’s explained about succubi and tantric energy, Dabbler got hit unexpectedly with the equivalent of an EMP pulse there..
So….errmm… yes…
Between tantric shockwave, and a imminent structural containment failure (i.e. bursting in all the WRONG ways), I’d say the look fits. Its one of those things you can only imply so well in a PG or even R rated comic.
I thought it was more being surprised by the dragon suddenly shouting “The Ache!” behind her than anything she was seeing.
I think that Dabbler’s expression there is more one of concern for the dragons comfort due to the excess of hydraulic pressure
Too hard is definitely a thing
looking over all the comments on the dragon, well this could be a dragon that can shapeshift into a smaller form so size might not be an issue,
although calling it an elder dragon raises some other concerns, like how some series the elder or true dragons are so magical that they can breed with anything, like their reproductive cells might as well be assimilators using whatever they come into contact with as a template to make a dragon version of that.
Dabbler making her own in-flight meal.
HEH…The mile high buffet.
Yup.
She doesn’t need to SEE the selfie. She gets enough from Sydney making it.
The Show was so-so.
The Dinner… excellent!
and the dessert was i scream
Is the mile high club more or less exciting after space adventures. Only extensive testing can find the answer.
I think the mile high club could still be fun. It’s about the spontaneity. I can’t say I’ve ever been in an airplane restroom where it would be comfortable.
Back in the 60s and 70s airplane bathrooms on intercontinental flights were big enough to stage an orgy in. But I haven’t flown that far in one flight since then so I can’t say anything about current accomodations.
The two times I’ve flown long distance were on medium large jet liners out to either coast. If you put two people in the bathroom on any of those flights they were going to be intimate whether they wanted to be or not. A friend and his wife recently had a chance to upgrade to first class on a flight from the US to England. The sleeper seats had enough of a partition that if you were both quiet and uninhibited you might accomplish something.
What is the timescale for dragons that someone with a century of Treasury collecting has an life threateningly enviable collection from an elder dragon? Wouldn’t they have multi century scale hordes?
She went treasure hunting while the dragon just claim a territory. Their reach is very different.
Since lounging about in a pile of hoard is sooo last eon, most dragons invest their wealth in various blue chip stocks and real estate. 1,000,000 gold pieces will always be 1,000,000 gold pieces, but investing in commercial triple-net (aka NNN) real estate can return 100,000 gold pieces a year forever.
Sooo… a technowizard just worked on the software of your camera-equiped glasses and now wants you to go take nude selfies. Nothing sus about that. Not at all.
This is why one has to maintain their own gear.
The glasses were enhanced by Cora. What makes you think they were safe before?
Frix gets email.
Looks left, looks right.
Presses a few buttons.
30 seconds later, Cora’s ship appears above Halo’s plane.
Booty call at 35,000 feet.
I’m All-Purpose Guru, and I approve this message.
The kind of massage that will leave a halo hanging around on your bed.
Pssst! Dabs, come talk to my wife for a few, she could use a few OWW! I’m kidding huney! my poor skull, (looking for my long-lost hunk of brain….) ;).
What are odds Halo disappears from bathroom?
My take away here is that Dabbler was unimpressed with the in flight meal, and wants a snack.
I mean, she’s also friends with Frix. So she’s also doing two of her friends a favour.
Sydney + turbulence = at least one article of clothing being flushed away.
as if miss super alien genius couldn’t easily “grab” a phone transmission and copy whatever picture is being send
she is getting what she wanted
Well, I feel stupid, I hadn’t realized that Dabbler was the tech tinkerer sitting next to Sydney, I thought she was one of the local heroes making sure that Sydney’s blast zone was well outside their borders.
Wow. After hands-down the funniest pair of pages ever, this degraded quickly to demanding sex for favors. Like that’s funny. Because now, all of a sudden, Halo’s a sub and Dabbler’s her dom?
The character with the book of names would have said, “Yeah. Get a grip, Dabbler.”
I mean she didn’t really demand anything, nor was it sex. She suggested Sydney send her BF sexy photos cause she can feed off that energy too. That doesn’t make Sydney her sub or anything, Sydney is young and has a massive crush on space boy, she’s highly influence-able atm.
It’s also extremely deep in sexual harassment all the same.
It isn’t sexual harassment if there’s consent.
This plainly ain’t that though.
You saying Dabbles forced Sydney to unbuckle her seat? o_O
I would think at this point in their relationship Dabbler’s comment would rate an eye roll from Sydney. In most situations such a request would rate a punch in the nose but I have had co-workers who would have gleefully bopped of to the bathroom just to be contrary.
How long with Dabbler keep up that disguise from Senegal?!?
She’s unlikely to abandon it mid-commercial-flight
I assume until they’ve landed and gone through customs, as changing appearances in mid flight in a closed plane might cause problems.
It’s just as likely she’s just enjoying the look for now, Dabs has said before that if you could change your look anytime you like, wouldn’t you? I think it’d be fun to be with someone like that, takes cosplay to a whole new level. ;)
Given Dabbler’s predilection for teasing, I wonder how she’d react to someone who, through some quirk of genetics, anatomy, or belief, she was simply incapable of “riling up”.
I think she’s find aro+ace refreshing.
Someone around her that she actually can’t feed off.
I dunno, she loves sex and sexuality. It is like saying that a gourmand would enjoy going to McDonalds. I mean sure, you get cravings every once in a while, but its not something you want to turn into a mayor part of your life. Even if just for health reasons.
“Of course, worlds that rely heavily on magic tend not to have in depth expertise on chemical reactions, especially your typical Tolkienesque/Skyrimish/Gygaxian tech level worlds.”
Dunno.. Dabbler’s origin backstory points to alchemy (which as a concept is different from chemistry..) as an integral part of magic being pretty refined even in the way-back-when times.
Big part of how her species came to exist, after all..
If you’re talking worlds where the technology/magic development is low enough for the greater interstellar community to back off.. Like Earth.. Yes.
But a magic-reliant world sufficiently advanced to go into interstellar/interdimensional? Say… Spelljammer-as-Star Trek?
There’ll be people/organisations paranoid enough to figure out a way using alchemy to detect the succubi’s “miasma”.
Not that Dabbler would inform anyone of that fact voluntarily.. That’s a need-to-know thing..
Alchemy isn’t magic, it’s manipulation of matter at the sub-atomic level, much like how the massfab machines do. Alchemy isn’t truly magic, but sometimes magic is needed to perform the alchemy effectively. And massfab is very similar to the TNG replicators, they break down basic materials and recombine them in ways to create whatever the operator has programmed in. Think TNG meets “Magic: the Gathering” lol. Tech can re-create magic in many ways, if you figure out how magic does it’s task.
There are a lot of different magic systems, for my own series I defined seven distinct systems and various worlds that operate with different combinations of them and/or degree they use them.
But for common examples that inspired this we could have worlds that are mostly mundane with secret small magic, secret semi big magic, magic is open but science can do more, science can detect and enhance magic, magic is so accessible it reduces technological advancement, and worlds where magic is their science although other worlds it would stand out thanks to direct access to spiritual or other energies they can’t use (what is the norm for one changes for another)
Like imagine a meeting of minds from D&D, Fairy Tail, Slayers, Witcher, Final fantasy, Phantasy Star, Adventure Time, Lord of the Rings, Supernatural, Marl kingdom series, etc…
to expand, while I adapted this to my own series, by having the Seven Architects of Magic/Seven Sisters of Sorcery be behind there being seven distinct forms of magic, it was based on an observation of mythology, legends, folklore, and various fictional series involving how “magic” works, and concluded most magic fits into one *or more* of seven basic system.
Which to remember them better I listed as.
1: Serenity
2: Sin
3: Shadow
4: Silence
5: Science
6: Storm
7: Splendor
*Serenity (AKA: Prayers and miracles)
-The user of this magic is not the source (although some versions may require specific stamina, life energy, or mana) to aid. However in most cases this is the power of “praying” where a person is merely the vessel and calls upon power from a “higher power” (deity, spirits, angels, etc…). This is usually seen as “holy magic” and has certain requirements, while self sacrifice through stamina or life energy may occur, more common is devotion to a specific higher power and terrible consequences for betraying that devotion.
*Sin
-often found in the same settings as serenity, it acts often as its opposite. Like Serenity a person here is calling upon power from an outside source, usually evil gods, evil spirits, demons, and other such forces with an anti-human or anti-existence agenda. This magic often requires ritual and sacrifice (blood, living things, life force) that is taken in exchange either for being the vessel for some power or calling upon the spirits to act in your stead. There is often also a character requirement much like Serenity only in the more malicious or selfish desires department. Also of note is this magic doesn’t always require personal sacrifice but something else given to the forces of evil that isn’t yours to give.
(in truth these two are very similar differing in key approach to life points and selfless vs selfish)
*Shadow
-basically this is necromancy and spirit control types of magic. Once again there is an outside source, but its neither good or evil, and either by contract or how the magic works you bind and control the outside force *using necromancy to force spirits to tell the truth or secrets* for example. Often depicted in series where it appears as the quicker to learn/use but less powerful version of Serenity and Sin magic. However it often comes with consequences as well, such as becoming undead, the same type of spirit you commanded, or having to make yourself immortal because death means being at the mercy of the very things you enslaved. There is no self or otherwise sacrifice here and materials are usually already dead things (variations exist where things are killed, but not so much for the sacrifice to please a higher or demonic power but for the materials*
*Silence
-This is very different from the above (although higher or magical powers are usually responsible, but may only be mentioned in legends for most people). Basically this is a magic system where the world has mana stones, ethereal crystals, elemental dust, power sands, and other such things that to the locals are just a natural resource. In fact this type of world often views these as just a natural resource and have a type of science dedicated to them. Combining stones, binding stones to various devices, maybe even carving symbols on or with the material to draw out their power and give some reason why that works *paths of energy and all that*. But in the end all this power comes from these materials and no one thinks it strange unless an outsider goes there or they go to another world that doesn’t have this resource.
*Science
-this has two forms, the first closely related to Silence is when a world has some element to it that is treated as natural so science works around it and develops, like Alchemy where drawing symbols in things draws power from the recorded and verified to exist lay lines of that power to interact with thought or other forces to alter matter. Same if there is a detected ether field in the air magic can be drawn from and there are studies on how to do it. The other version of this is where science gets so advanced ti taps into quantum fields *or base codes of reality for simulation universes* and can through machinery then manipulate outcomes (techno-mage, Star Ocean, etc..kind of stuff)
Silence and Science as stated often overlap especially in newer sci-fi magic series putting magic stones in machines that without the machines the material would be as volatile as gunpowder would be if you just burned it in a pile.
or electricity without a controlled conduit (magic is a resource/force to be controlled by science in such settings).
^Storm
-this is a magic setting that borderlines on being a superhumans setting. Like people are born with an affinity for magic, or anyone can tap into forces but its elemental in nature, like everyone or certain people are just born able to use magic in some way but it has restrictions, it has to be practiced, guided, and often some people have more an affinity for one type over another. This has many variations, including the use of spirits and crystals, but ultimately the key factor is the power comes from the person’s own body, astral body, or their body is the conduit to a universal force.
*Splendor:
-this one is mentioned last because it is the usual fairy tale, children’s stories, type of magic. Poof there it is, there is no scientific explanation involving ether, ley lines, astral bodies, mitochondria connected to metaphysical fields, reality distorting stones, etc…none of the above. You say certain words or draw symbols or just hold a stick given to you by a fairy and you can do pretty much any reality warping thing you can imagine, physics be damned. There are limits in most series like a time limit, range, power supply…but these are for story telling and gameplay. Otherwise its just…the power ups work because they do, the fairy god parents grant wishes..don’t ask how, the wand shoots sparkles and now you are a squirrel with a full human consciousness. Because…magic.
This will inevitably end up in another act of bad publicity.
Well at least getting caught with your pants down while in an airplane toilet is rather ealsy for PR to spin.
This is Sydney we are talking about so she is likely to end up outside the toilet with a lot less than pants on.
If she were having sex in the airplane restroom sure.
but she just getting naked, which some people do take all their clothes off to use the restroom as a comfort thing, or mental block so they can’t go while wearing clothes.
at most a comedic moment fumbling around in there while trying to take some pics making excess noise and a stewardess asking her is she’s okay.
This is actually almost heartwarming. Dabbler’s morality is a bit different than what Sydney’s used to, but she’s definitely moral in her own way. She’s extremely sex-positive, and so having a nude pic of a friend is a positive thing – but if she can’t have that, then encouraging her friend to do something to give pleasure to another is also good.
…Of course, this is probably going to lead to whatever caused that twenty minute long voice message…
The cause of the long voice message was Anvils hot sauce spit take. But this may lead to another incident and voicemail.
Grrl’s gotta eat, but it can at least be ethically sourced.
Lookup tables don’t have a defined number of dimensions though? If you add more dimensions to a lookup table it’s still a lookup table.
Even if it enters the 6th dimension?
Dude it can have thousands of dimensions. The quantum proof encryption they are working on is a treasure hunt with millions of dimensions
I think that there are 11 dimensions.
just 10 and a half, really
dimension means aspects of something.
the dimensions of a table, the dimensions of a drawing board, the 11 dimensions *excluding 12-24-32 models* is *dimensions* or aspects of the universe,
di·men·sion
noun
1.
a measurable extent of some kind, such as length, breadth, depth, or height.
“the final dimensions of the pond were 14 ft. x 8 ft”
2.
an aspect or feature of a situation, problem, or thing.
“sun-dried tomatoes add a new dimension to this sauce”
verb
form or shape (something) to particular measurements.
“the seats and backrests are dimensioned to withstand high loads from items such as unsecured luggage”
That is a very unusually proportioned model.
Looking at the last panel reminds me that the best seatbelts I ever had in a car came from an airplane.
Is this the other “incident” Sydney tried to tell Maxi about?
and just like that dabs got a little snack.
First thought from text under the comic,
“It’s simple, she’s an influencer! *huge grin* “No need to judge to recognize the”
But now have to go to work before some sort of take of “Good. Bad. I’m the guy with the gun.” can crystalize. I’m sure someone else has thought of it.
—Whenever the gang’s all ‘reassembled’, you should do two very important things:
Work on finding out what the Unknown Orb’ does. I think Sidney’s spaceship analogy is the most workable theory you’ve got (for now).
A Side story where Dabbler finally has permission to tell a certain family about their son the hero twice over; life bonded and magically bonded to another world . . .
This is going to lead to another 27-minute long voicemail, isn’t it?
“So, Max, the authorities have decided against filing MOST of the charges….” etc etc etc
Sending someone a naked selfie, but it is just a head and shoulders shot.
Stand facing away from the mirror and point the camera over your shoulder…
I wouldn’t think there is enough room in an airport bathroom to take a decent (or indecent) selfie.
It’s GOTTA be better than train couch john’s, I farted in one and had to open the “curtain” part-way just to get ANY air at all. Very claustrophobic… no sink, TP roll was inset on the right, and a 10 watt light bulb. If you weighted over 175 lbs you’s have a hard time turning around to flush.
Not really, the only upside is the toilet vacuums out any foul odors, the ultra efficient size makes wiping difficult at just 5’10” – 210lbs. Every flight since that one I make sure that I’m clear for the next 8 hours, even limiting fluid intake.
Greyhound busses are about the same as plane johns, the ones I’ve been on had a tiny sink and almost enough room to move in, even have the same bi-fold door as planes. The train I was on might of dated back to the 40s, that was back in the early 90s. I know the seats felt like worn wood with a thin film of cloth over them. It was a 6 hour trip with 2 stop-overs.
Worst.
Trip.
Ever.
Now that you can see that, add in 2 crying babies and some drunk arse that just had to talk to everyone! Loudly and often.
Low technology worlds paranoid of succubi will likely do what most low tech worlds do, ours included. Namely, train an animal with a heightened sense of smell to do the detecting, which would lend new meaning to the term “Horn-dog”.
I wonder how someone on the asexual spectrum would handle being around Dabbler, or any succubus in general. I would guess that those closer to allosexual would would have similar experiences as said people, just to a lesser extent? And that makes me wonder exactly how succubi are able to enhance someone’s libido. Is it additive or multiplicative? If it’s the former then even people that experience zero sexual attraction would have a quandary on their hands of what to do with those feelings and could be an opportunity for some comedy. If it’s multiplicative, however, well anything times zero is still zero so…
It’s not that asexuals don’t enjoy sex, they typically don’t enjoy the act of sex: still get pleasure as long as no one else is involved
Butt like all sexualities: it’s a spectrum, not a set definition (is that the right word? ‘definition’?)
Script might work
So cute, that Sydney’s face is redder than the peppers she loves to eat right now. Even redder than her eye when that spiced noodle slapped it way back when.
Absolutely nothing can possibly go wrong with this plan, and I unreservedly endorse it.
Dabbler is *really hot* in this glamour. I really like it. Good artings.
Dabbler Hacked her friends tech resulting in interesting cloud cover and now this suggestion.
Add to that she recently had access to Sydney’s glasses. I’m expecting Halo to unknowingly enter a clearly marked crew only section to strip off. Or something similar.
Pretty sure I know what’s going to actually happen in the bathroom.
Dabbler is an influencer
Looks like Sydney is “getting out of her Comfort Zone” getting by with a little help from her friends.
Flight attendant: “Tea and biscuits?”
Dabbler: “No thankyou, I just snacked”
How many ways could this go embarrassingly bad?
Too many.