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Roy says goodbye to Celia and the party sets out on their next adventure.

Cast[]

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.

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