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Looks like Acantha may be considering regicide with her hand in a quick draw poaition. Don't blame her as Douchie just threatened to kill her. Possibly a shot in the legs might drop him and slow him down.
BTW Acantha he has absolutely no idea what is happening except in his private wet dream.
Considering he's flailing around a sword that he's got considerable training with for all we know, a shot in the leg actually sounds like a legit act right now. And shouldn't evoke the contingencies yet.
Shoot the dumb sonofabitch in the balls. It's not fatal, but the pain will make him cry for his Mommy. Either that or kneecap him. Aeneas needs to shut off those Doomsday Machines so the girls can really give that asshole a pounding. Dying's too good for him.
Putting one in the family jewels is way to close to the femoral artery, you bleed to death in less than 15 minutes when that is cut. kneecap or one in the foot sounds about right, max pain keeps him conscious and still listening to his Fruit Loops.
Not really viable on a moving target. There was a brief window of opportunity after he got punched where she might've drawn and taken out his limbs. Or rushed up and yanked the sword.
A knee is a very small target, and can be moved entirely out of position without shifting center of mass, and with speed similar to the limbs aiming the gun. He can move his knees as she finishes lining up the shot. It's not an impossible shot, but she'd need to be an absolute dead eye, plus immune to the effects of adrenaline. We're talking about targets the size of skeet, without aid of a shotgun's spread, and subject to intelligent dodging.
But then he's quite close to Acantha and if there's one thing he'll not expect is for her to attack him. So chances are high, his reaction would come way too late to move his leg out of the way. And on this short distance, even a knee is not that hard a target anymore.
Now I'm not saying its click-and-win or perfectly easy. But it's definitely doable and might not even be the worst option here.
Actually, up close and personal, a blade can be more effective than a pistol.
If they are within 20 feet, he can probably bury the blade in her before she can clear the draw.
But remember also, how fast Dec is... as I recall he triple-tapped whatz-iz-name pretty damned fast over the dinner table a while back, so the question would be is the Princess faster and just as accurate.
Side's which, she can't just center of mass him since that sets off Armageddon, so she have to some thing like douple-tap his knee-cap or hip joint.
Gonna enjoy watching this little family reunion play out... especially after Dec realizes his favorite AI is back online with fully restored functionality.
now Sheela, a kneecap shot would not get as much blood on the shoes. As a good doggie, would you not rather to be able to claim any new holes in the footwear?
I'm wondering if the Ceci problem might have been that she has detected this situation and abandoned her post in the Aeneas repair to come to aid of Dolly and Lynn. (That's the problem with all these overlapping story lines, keeping relative time straight.)
Except they weren't bemoaning a loss of assistance. They were cursing her sudden but inevitable betrayal. She didn't pack up and leave, she's trying to mess with something she isn't supposed to.
Acantha: You're such a good strategist that you managed to turn the whole world against you! I could just return the way I came and I would be protected.
Decimus: They wouldn't dare!
Kali: My lord, I detect that she's telling the truth.
Acantha: Right now they're repairing my friend.
Decimus: What friend of yours would dare to stand up to me?
Kali: [slow realisation] No, no, no! My lord you are in danger.
Kali: [Thought bubble] Unfortunately, I have to save him from himself. Aeneas, please take these shackles off me.
{edit} Or, even better:
Big booming voice: Leave them alone Decimus Livus!
Decimus: Who are you?
Big booming voice: I am Aeneas, Dickhead! Your contingencies have have been disabled and the cassians reporgammed to protect the citizens of Nova Roma!
I name Acantha ruler. What are you instructions my Queen?
Ooh! Dec! Say "Simon the Sadducee Slayer"! And that guy you were going to replace Maxus with, can he pronounce his Rs? "Biggus Decus is Imperwator! Pwinceps! The greatest wank in all Nova Woma!" >:=D>
Oh god yes .. Rose & Centcomm, we need a scene with Decimus being made a fool of in that manner - Make it a flashback scene if need be, or maybe a vote incentive.
It would be hilarious. :)
I think it's pretty clear that when Dolly decked Dec in the mouth with her gun, she either broke his jaw or the swelling and loss of teeth is making it difficult for him to speak. The impact may have even had him bite his tongue.
I think the injury is very fitting. They can't exactly kill him. But if they wire his jaw shut, that would stop the flow of sewage and idiocy. And it'd prevent him from giving orders.
Yes, he's talking with fewer teeth, but notice he's telling himself to remember the speech lessons. The lisp is an old thing returned to haunt his ass!
I know some people don't know about alt-text, and that it doesn't necessarily work well on some devices. So I'll type it out here:
Unfun fact: Decimus had a lisp as a child before his permanent teeth came in. His mom flipped her shit and insisted on speech lessons so he'd be "perfect".
Theoretically, no one coming from the palace should need to be cutting through anything, since Decimus and company have been leaving a trail of violated and compromised security doors in their wake. The only doors likely to be intact are those whose passcode happens to be the Prince's birthday.
"By order of the Imperator, all security door codes shall be changed to the birthday of our Glorious Leader! Failure to comply will be considered rebellion, the assets of the rebels shall be seized and their lives forfeit to the Crown."
That would help ensure that Decimus doesn't have to suffer this indignity and inconvenience in the future. ^_^
Rebel : "I'll tell, I'll tell!
Malati : "I knew it would work - Allright, give it to me.
*Noctis stand next to Malati with a notepad in hand*
Rebel : Allright, the combination is ..."
Malati : "So the final combination is 1-2-3-4-5 ?"
Malati : "That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my entire life!"
Malati : "That's the kind of code an idiot would have on his luggage!"
Noctis : "It's the same code that Decimus has on his luggage."
Malati : "Well, I *did* say an idiot, did I not?"
It is a classic.
So many good scenes in that movie.
The hair dryer scene, the "you're in now, now", "they jammed the radar", Mr Cofee, the scene I linked and many, many more.
In terms of classic sci-fi comic gold, another one that should be considered is Galaxy Quest. So hilarious! Starring Tim Allen, no less. It was the parody to Star Trek what Space Balls was to Star Wars.
The horrified look on Arianna's face, as she listens to Douchimus is very well done, CentComm. Not sure she is just horrified by Douchimus in general or that he so boldly claims that her master, her General was (ordered) killed.
And a good job with the fonts and obvious struggle Douchimus is having talking through the rearrangement of his mouth, Rose. :-)
Also Arianna's face in the last panel. Partly she seems to wonder if Acantha has completely lost it. Mostly however Acantha simply is her big ass freakin' hero right now.
If we go back to comic thirty or so we're informed that Lynn has received a fair amount of combat training (at least with knives and/or hand held energy weapons). I think she could probably take out his Lowness in a blade fight. Too bad she never got her bracelet back.
I don't think she'd have any chance in a fight if he sees her coming. Unless his arrogance goes as far as letting her get one in "give me your best shot".
Decimus definitely has had more training than her in that regard.
Someone should reprogram the contingencies so that drekhead has to only speak in Monty Python quotes to keep them from going off. And also, at least once per day, hold a press conference wherein he has to sing a comedic or filk song. Without repeating a song more often than, say, once or twice a month. While dressed appropriately for the song.
o/' I'm an asshoooooooooollllle o/'
o/' I'm a lumberjack and I'm ok, I sleep all night and I work all day o/'
o/' because I'm fat, I'm fat, you know it, really really fat o/'
o/' dashing trough da snow, in my rusty Chevrolet, down da road I go, sliding all da way o/'
o/' if, while you're out in space love, you're horny as a targ, take a tip from a security chief love, that fat slut Tasha Yar o/'
o/' that Liverpool ship, that wonderful ship, now that's the ship for me, it's called the Queen Fairy and it's quite a sight to see o/'
o/' well I had one pint of beer and one shot of scotch, one bottle of wine and a bourbon on the rocks, I had one lassie on me right another on me left, I looked that muppet in the eye and said give me the test o/'
Acantha could totally shoot Decimus right now and order Kali to stand down.
She'd survive long enough to do it, because Kali's busy with Dolly.
That only gives them until Deck's next "not dead yet" check to disarm the contingencies, but with Aeneas coming online, that's not nearly as big a risk as ... well, not nearly as big a risk as NOT shooting him.
Actually, the contingencies triggered hours ago when Doc Silver's cyberattack caused the defense center to lose contact with Prince Decimus implanted biomonitors. Decimus was similarly not alerted that he needed to provide the failsafe code, because no communications, so the missiles are prepping for launch in their silos as we speak. The rest of this is just a pleasant way of keeping people entertained in Nova Roma's final hours. Please do not be alarmed and go about your business. Thank you.
BTW Acantha he has absolutely no idea what is happening except in his private wet dream.
She used it to check if Lynn was okay.
Now I'm not saying its click-and-win or perfectly easy. But it's definitely doable and might not even be the worst option here.
If they are within 20 feet, he can probably bury the blade in her before she can clear the draw.
But remember also, how fast Dec is... as I recall he triple-tapped whatz-iz-name pretty damned fast over the dinner table a while back, so the question would be is the Princess faster and just as accurate.
Side's which, she can't just center of mass him since that sets off Armageddon, so she have to some thing like douple-tap his knee-cap or hip joint.
Gonna enjoy watching this little family reunion play out... especially after Dec realizes his favorite AI is back online with fully restored functionality.
For: It'd wipe the smile off his face. Maybe make him fear.
Against: It'd give him tactical information that means that he had time to prepare.
I'm tending to keep quiet.
CeCi Lives !!
Lol it's satisfying to watch him try speak with his new lisp <33
Acantha: You're such a good strategist that you managed to turn the whole world against you! I could just return the way I came and I would be protected.
Decimus: They wouldn't dare!
Kali: My lord, I detect that she's telling the truth.
Acantha: Right now they're repairing my friend.
Decimus: What friend of yours would dare to stand up to me?
Kali: [slow realisation] No, no, no! My lord you are in danger.
Kali: [Thought bubble] Unfortunately, I have to save him from himself. Aeneas, please take these shackles off me.
{edit} Or, even better:
Big booming voice: Leave them alone Decimus Livus!
Decimus: Who are you?
Big booming voice: I am Aeneas, Dickhead! Your contingencies have have been disabled and the cassians reporgammed to protect the citizens of Nova Roma!
I name Acantha ruler. What are you instructions my Queen?
Booming voice : "I'm a barbie girl, in a barbie wooorld. Made of plastic, it's fantastic."
Acantha : "Doh!"
It would be hilarious. :)
(wabbit season!)
As long as it's aimed at Decimus, cannon's work just fine!
Maybe Decimus speaks Roma kinda like how the Spaniards speaks spanish with a lisp.
Edit :
Oh, and in the event that someone is so UNCULTURED, that they don't know the movie Life of Brian - Here's a little video of the whole Bickus Dickus malarcy.
... he has a wife, you know ?
I think the injury is very fitting. They can't exactly kill him. But if they wire his jaw shut, that would stop the flow of sewage and idiocy. And it'd prevent him from giving orders.
Unfun fact: Decimus had a lisp as a child before his permanent teeth came in. His mom flipped her shit and insisted on speech lessons so he'd be "perfect".
.... daaaaayum!
"By order of the Imperator, all security door codes shall be changed to the birthday of our Glorious Leader! Failure to comply will be considered rebellion, the assets of the rebels shall be seized and their lives forfeit to the Crown."
That would help ensure that Decimus doesn't have to suffer this indignity and inconvenience in the future. ^_^
Oh man ...
... I have to do this !
Unfortunate Rebel , vs. Malati and Noctis :
Rebel : "I'll tell, I'll tell!
Malati : "I knew it would work - Allright, give it to me.
*Noctis stand next to Malati with a notepad in hand*
Rebel : Allright, the combination is ..."
Rebel : "1"
Malati : "1!"
Noctis : "1!" *makes note*
Rebel : "2"
Malati : "2!"
Noctis : "2!" *scribbles*
Rebel : "3"
Malati : "3!"
Noctis : "3!" *scribbles*
Rebel : "4"
Malati : "4!"
Noctis : "4!" *scribbles*
*long pause*
Rebel : " ... 5!"
Malati : "5!"
Noctis : "5!" *makes final note*
Malati : "So the final combination is 1-2-3-4-5 ?"
Malati : "That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my entire life!"
Malati : "That's the kind of code an idiot would have on his luggage!"
Noctis : "It's the same code that Decimus has on his luggage."
Malati : "Well, I *did* say an idiot, did I not?"
Inspired by this Spaceball scene, ofcourse.
So many good scenes in that movie.
The hair dryer scene, the "you're in now, now", "they jammed the radar", Mr Cofee, the scene I linked and many, many more.
And a good job with the fonts and obvious struggle Douchimus is having talking through the rearrangement of his mouth, Rose. :-)
Decimus definitely has had more training than her in that regard.
It'd be a little hard to do that while Dolly is rearranging your spine though.
o/' I'm an asshoooooooooollllle o/'
o/' I'm a lumberjack and I'm ok, I sleep all night and I work all day o/'
o/' because I'm fat, I'm fat, you know it, really really fat o/'
o/' dashing trough da snow, in my rusty Chevrolet, down da road I go, sliding all da way o/'
o/' if, while you're out in space love, you're horny as a targ, take a tip from a security chief love, that fat slut Tasha Yar o/'
o/' that Liverpool ship, that wonderful ship, now that's the ship for me, it's called the Queen Fairy and it's quite a sight to see o/'
o/' well I had one pint of beer and one shot of scotch, one bottle of wine and a bourbon on the rocks, I had one lassie on me right another on me left, I looked that muppet in the eye and said give me the test o/'
/o' Leprosy,
all my limbs are falling off of me,
My eyes are blind I cannot see,
cause I've contracted Leprosy"
o/'
(dedicated to beatles fans everywhere)
It could be worse.
She'd survive long enough to do it, because Kali's busy with Dolly.
That only gives them until Deck's next "not dead yet" check to disarm the contingencies, but with Aeneas coming online, that's not nearly as big a risk as ... well, not nearly as big a risk as NOT shooting him.
(Just kidding. ^_^)