I Cannae Tell a Lie
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| “I Cannae Tell a Lie” | |||||||
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| Order of the Stick comic | |||||||
| Comic no. | 264 | ||||||
| Date published | 06 January 2006 | ||||||
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Durkon tells the truth... technically.
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[edit] Cast
Roy, Elan, Haley, Vaarsuvius, Durkon, Miko
[edit] Transcript
- Panel 1
Haley: Aqmd. Rmtdwx!
- Panel 2
Haley pushes Roy away from the door.
Haley: Fqgj mx dow gwrrt! Fqgj! FQGJ!!!
Roy: What the--?
- Panel 3
Miko enters through the door.
Miko: Lord Shojo has--
- Panel 4
Miko: What was that noise? Were those the cell doors? You were trying to escape!
Elan: What? That's silly! How could we possibly escape when these doors are still securely locked?
- Panel 5
The cell door swings open.
- Panel 6
Elan: Did I say "securely locked"? I meant--
Miko: Honorless pig! I know you were plotting to escape! Luckily, there is still one of you whose word I trust.
- Panel 7
Miko: Durkon, I know you would not lie to me. Were they trying to flee?
Durkon: Huh? Um, well, see...
- Panel 8
Durkon: I can swear on Thor's beard that the five of us never left our cells.
- Panel 9
Miko: Then what of the cell doors? How did they become unlocked?
Durkon: Sigh. Yer right, lass. I cannae lie to ye...
Roy: No, no, no!
- Panel 10
Durkon: 'Twas a mechanical defect.
- Panel 11
Miko: A mechanical... oh. Very well, then, I suppose you were not trying to escape after all.
Miko: Either way, I have been sent to collect you. Lord Shojo has now requested your immediate presence. We will gather the halfling on the way.
- Panel 12
Roy: "Mechanical defect"?
Durkon: I dunno, I count, "able to be picked by a rogue," as a pretty major defect, aye?
[edit] Trivia
- Haley's lines translate as:
- Panel 1: Wait. Listen!
- Panel 2: Back in the cells. Back! BACK!!!
